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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 賊 (“bandit”) + 反 (“rather”) + 荷 (“wields”) + 杖 (“rod”). A native Korean chengyu, first attested in the 1678 essay collection 순오지 (旬五志, sunoji) but in a context that implies that the saying was already common.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | jeokbanhajang |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeogbanhajang |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chŏkpanhajang |
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| Yale Romanization? | cekpan.hacang |
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Noun
적반하장 • (jeokbanhajang) (hanja 賊反荷杖)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) victim-blaming by the guilty party
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