Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
설날
/seollal/Roman
English meaning: Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year)
Korean Definition
(한국어)설날은 음력 정월 초하루에 차례를 지내고 세배를 드리며 새해를 맞이하는 한국의 최대 명절이다.
English Definition
The Korean Lunar New Year, celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar. Families perform ancestral rites (charye), exchange New Year bows (sebae), and share tteokguk (rice cake soup). It is one of the most important holidays in Korea.
Example
“설날에는 가족들이 모여 세배를 하고 떡국을 먹습니다.”
In English: “Families gather on Seollal to bow and eat rice cake soup.”
Synonyms
- 음력 새해
- 정월 초하루
Literary Heritage
“땅은 사람의 어머니이다. 땅을 잃은 사람은 뿌리를 잃은 나무와 같다”
/Ttangeun saramui eomeoida. Ttangeul ilheon sarameun ppurirul ilheon namuwa gatda/
“The land is the mother of people. A person who loses the land is like a tree that has lost its roots.”
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- Korean
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- Hangul
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