Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from (bandit) + (rather) + (wields) + (rod). A native Korean chengyu, first attested in the 1678 essay collection 순오지 (旬五志, sunoji) but in a context that implies that the saying was already common.

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeokbanhajang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeogbanhajang
McCune–Reischauer?chŏkpanhajang
Yale Romanization?cekpan.hacang

Noun edit

적반하장 (jeokbanhajang) (hanja 賊反荷杖)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) victim-blaming by the guilty party

See also edit