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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 抑強扶弱 (“suppressing the strong, helping the weak”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | eokgangbuyak |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | eoggangbuyag |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ŏkkangbuyak |
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| Yale Romanization? | ek.kangpu.yak |
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Noun
억강부약 • (eokgangbuyak) (hanja 抑強扶弱/抑强扶弱)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) supporting the weak and protecting them from the strong
2021 July 1, “이재명 대선 출마 선언…"중도층 잡아라" [ijaemyeong daeseon chulma seoneon…jungdocheung jabara"]”, in newsian.co.kr:이 지사는 이를 위해 "특권과 반칙에 기반한 강자의 욕망을 절제시키고 약자의 삶을 보듬는 억강부약(抑强扶弱) 정치"를 강조했다.- I jisa-neun i-reul wihae teukgwon-gwa banchig-e gibanhan gangja-ui yongmang-eul jeoljesikigo yakja-ui salm-eul bodeumneun eokgangbuyak jeongchireul gangjohaetda.
- For this, Governor Lee emphasized a "politics of supporting the weak against the strong, of restraining the avarice of the strong founded on privileges and cheating, and of caring for the lives of the weak."
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