Korean

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Etymology

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악착(齷齪) (akchak, stubbornness) +‎ 같이 (-gachi, as)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?akchakgachi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?agchaggat'i
McCune–Reischauer?akch'akkach'i
Yale Romanization?akchak.kath.i

Adverb

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악착같이 (akchakgachi)

  1. persistently, tenaciously, doggedly
    악착같이 깎다
    akchakgachi gaps-eul kkakda
    to drive the hardest bargain