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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 不知 (“not know”) + 其數 (“its number”). Attested since at least 1677.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | bujigisu |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bujigisu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | pujigisu |
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| Yale Romanization? | pucikiswu |
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Noun
부지기수 • (bujigisu) (hanja 不知其數)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) something uncountably numerous or frequent
- Synonym: 비일비재(非一非再) (biilbijae, “something extremely frequent”)
공부보다 중요한 일이 이 세상에 부지기수야.- Gongbu-boda jung'yo-han ir-i i sesang-e bujigisu-ya.
- In this world, there's an innumerability of things more important than studying.
1923 March 24, “到處에 死者不知其數”, in The Chosun Ilbo:到處에 死者 不知其數- Wherever one goes, innumerable numbers of dead people
2018 November, “북한이탈청년이 인식하는 차별 경험에 대한 현상학적 연구 [bukhanitalcheongnyeoni insikhaneun chabyeol gyeongheome daehan hyeonsanghakjeok yeon'gu, A phenomenological study on discriminatory experiences as perceived by North Korean defector youth]”, in Han'guk cheongsonyeon yeon'gu:애들이 북한을 아예 다른 나라라고 생각하고, 우리나라라고 생각을 안 하는 사람들이 거의 부지기수, 거의 대부분이에요.- Aedeur-i Bukhan-eul aye dareun nara-rago saenggakhago, Urinara-rago saenggag-eul an haneun saram-deur-i geoui bujigisu, geoui daebubun-ieyo.
- The guys think North Korea is a completely different country, and people who don't think it's Korea are almost uncountable, almost everybody.