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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 生滅, from 生 (“emergence”) + 滅 (“destruction”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | saengmyeol |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | saengmyeol |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | saengmyŏl |
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| Yale Romanization? | sayngmyel |
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Noun
생멸 • (saengmyeol) (hanja 生滅)
- (Buddhism or literary) birth and death; appearance and disappearance; production and annihilation
삼라만상은 마음의 허깨비라 생멸만을 일삼고 불변치 못 하니라.- samnamansang-eun ma'eum-ui heokkaebira saengmyeol-man-eul ilsamgo bulbyeonchi mot hanira.
- As all created things are illusions of the mind, they merely appear and are destroyed; they cannot remain constant.
2001, 홍사만 [hongsaman], “어휘 생태계의 역학적 현상 [eohwi saengtaegyeui yeokhakjeok hyeonsang]”, in 새국어생활 [saegugeosaenghwal], volume 11, number 4, National Institute of the Korean Language, pages 110—119:동음 경쟁이나 유의 경쟁에서 강자가 살아 남고, 약자가 도태되어 퇴화하는 것은 자연의 철리이다. 어휘들의 생멸은 이처럼 숙명적인 충돌과 경쟁의 결과 얻어지는 산물이라고 할 수 있다.- Dong'eum gyeongjaeng-ina yuui gyeongjaeng-eseo gangja-ga sara namgo, yakja-ga dotaedoeeo toehwahaneun geos-eun jayeon-ui cheolli-ida. Eohwi-deur-ui saengmyeor-eun icheoreom sungmyeongjeog-in chungdol-gwa gyeongjaeng-ui gyeolgwa eodeojineun sanmur-i-rago hal su itda.
- It is a profound principle of nature that the strong survive, and the weak are displaced and die away, in competitions of homophony or synonymy. The appearance and disappearance of words may be said to be the outcome of such inescapable conflicts and competition.
Derived terms
- 생멸(生滅)하다 (saengmyeolhada, “to be born and die; to appear and disappear”)
- 생멸심(生滅心) (saengmyeolsim, “variable, shifting mind of unenlightened beings (Buddhism)”)