Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 光陰似箭, from the phrase 但見時光流似箭 (literally, "surely time and tide flow like an arrow"), as versed by Wei Zhuang (Tang Dynasty, c. 836-910) in his poem 《關河道中》.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwang'eumsajeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwang'eumsajeon
McCune–Reischauer?kwangŭmsajŏn
Yale Romanization?kwangumsacen

Noun

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광음사전 (gwang'eumsajeon) (hanja 光陰似箭)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) time flies like an arrow (literally, time and tide are like an arrow)

Alternative forms

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Synonyms

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See also

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