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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 拘泥, from 拘 (“catching”) + 泥 (“attaching”)
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | guni |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | guni |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kuni |
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| Yale Romanization? | kwuni |
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Noun
구니 • (guni) (hanja 拘泥)
- (rare) obsession; unnecessary absorption
- 1929, Song Jin-u, 소작입법의 필요 ("Tenant farming legislation needed"),
- 지주가 부질없이 목전의 이해에만 구니되어 영원한 장래를 보지 못함은 심히 한심한 일이다.
- jiju-ga bujir-eopsi mokjeon-ui ihae-eman gunidoe-eo yeongwonhan jangnae-reul boji motham-eun simhi hansimhan ir-ida.
- The landlords' inability to envision the eternal future, due to being obsessed solely with a futile understanding of what is in front of their eyes, is profoundly regrettable.
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