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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 雪上加霜 (“adding frost atop snow”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | seolsanggasang |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seolsanggasang |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sŏlssanggasang |
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| Yale Romanization? | selqsangkasang |
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Noun
설상가상 • (seolsanggasang) (hanja 雪上加霜)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making matters worse, adding insult to injury