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Korean
Etymology
Literally, "even with a financial loss, to still have the principal". The verb 밑지다 (mitjida) explicitly means "to make a financial loss so that one has less than the principal". The idiom thereby implies that the subject really has no money at all to begin with.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | mitjeoya bonjeonida |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | mitjyeoya bonjeon'ida |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | mitchŏya ponjŏnida |
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| Yale Romanization? | mithcye.ya pon.cen.ita |
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Idiom
밑져야 본전이다 • (mitjeoya bonjeon-ida)
- to have nothing to lose (said when beginning a new enterprise, etc.)