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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 纖纖玉手, from 纖纖 (“delicate and beautiful”) + 玉手 (“jade hands”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | seomseomoksu |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seomseom'ogsu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sŏmsŏmoksu |
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| Yale Romanization? | semsem.ok.swu |
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Noun
섬섬옥수 • (seomseomoksu) (hanja 纖纖玉手)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) delicate, beautiful hands
1840 or 1900, 악양누ᄀᆞ , quoted in 딸에게 부치는 노래 , Idam Books, published 2021:션연ᄒᆞᆫ 슉낭ᄌᆞ은 ᄎᆔ슈을 반만 것고 / 셤〻옥슈 드려ᄂᆡ여 쳥쥰을 어루만져 / 노ᄌᆞ작 ᄋᆡᆼ무ᄇᆡ의 장ᄉᆡᆼ쥬 가득 부어 / 구푸려 젼ᄒᆞᆫ 냥은 츈풍의 날제비라- syeonyeon-han Syung-nangja-eun chwisyu-eul ban-man geotgo / syeomsyeomoksyu deuryeonaeyeo cheongjun-eul eorumanjeo / nojajak aengmubae-ui jangsaengju gadeuk bueo / gupuryeo jeonhan nyang-eun chunpung-ui naljebi-ra
- The graceful Lady Syuk has only half rolled up her sleeves / Unveiling her fair hands and caressing the clear goblets / In the cormorant dippers and parakeet cups, she pours the wine of longevity full / When she bends to offer the wine, she is like a flying swallow in the spring.
2012, 설봉 , 사신 9권 , 프로무림 :가슴에 다을 때는 분명 섬섬옥수였다. 너무 부드러워 뼈가 있는지 의심되었다.- Gaseum-e da'eul ttae-neun bunmyeong seomseomoksu-yeotda. Neomu budeureowo ppyeo-ga in-neunji uisim-doeeotda.
- When they touched his chest, they were certainly delicate hands. They were so soft he doubted whether they had bones inside.