기차 떠나고 손 흔들다

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kit͡ɕʰa̠ t͈ʌ̹na̠ɡo̞ sʰo̞n xɯndɯɭda̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [기차 떠나고 손 흔들다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gicha tteonago son heundeulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gicha tteonago son heundeulda
McCune–Reischauer?	kich'a ttŏnago son hŭndŭlda
Yale Romanization?	ki.cha ttenako son huntulta

Idiom

기차 떠나고 손 흔들다 • (gicha tteonago son heundeulda)

1. "to wave after the train has left"; to be affected by l'esprit de l'escalier

See also

• 소 잃고 외양간 고친다 (so ilko oeyanggan gochinda, literally “one fixes the shed after losing the cow”)