당나라 군대

Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean term from 당(唐)나라 (dangnara, “Tang dynasty”) +‎ 군대(軍隊) (gundae, “army”). The origin of the phrase is not clear, because the actual Tang dynasty had a very competent military.

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠ŋna̠ɾa̠ kundɛ] ~ [ta̠ŋna̠ɾa̠ kunde̞]
Phonetic hangul: [당나라 군대/당나라 군데]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Dangnara gundae
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Dangnala gundae
McCune–Reischauer^?	Tangnara kundae
Yale Romanization^?	tangnala kwuntay

Noun edit

당나라 군대 • (dangnara gundae) (hanja 唐— 軍隊)

(figurative) incompetent army
Synonym: 오합지졸(烏合之卒) (ohapjijol)
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 당(唐)나라 (Dangnara),‎ 군대(軍隊) (gundae): the army of the Tang dynasty