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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 見蚊拔劒 (“to see a mosquito and draw a sword”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | gyeonmunbalgeom |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gyeonmunbalgeom |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kyŏnmunbalgŏm |
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| Yale Romanization? | kyēnmunpal.kem |
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Noun
견문발검 • (gyeonmunbalgeom) (hanja 見蚊拔劒)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making a mountain out of a molehill
- Synonyms: 노승발검(怒蠅拔劒), 침소봉대(針小棒大)