일확천금

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 一攫千金.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ilhwakcheon'geum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ilhwagcheongeum
McCune–Reischauer?irhwakch'ŏn'gŭm
Yale Romanization?il.hwakchenkum

Noun

일확천금 (ilhwakcheon'geum) (hanja 一攫千金)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making a killing in a single stroke

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