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Korean
- 천길 (cheon'gil), 만길 (man'gil)
Etymology
Univerbation of 천(千) (cheon, “thousand”) + 길 (gil, “fathom”, unit of measure) + 만(萬) (man, “ten thousand; myriad”) + 길 (gil, “fathom”, unit of measure), literally "a thousand gils, a myriad gils."
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | cheon'gilman'gil |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | cheongilmangil |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ch'ŏn'gilman'gil |
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| Yale Romanization? | chenkil.mankil |
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Noun
천길만길 • (cheon'gilman'gil) (hanja 千길萬길) (chiefly literary)
- (hyperbolic) a great drop, depth, or height
1939, 현진건／玄鎭健<t:Hyun Jin-geon>, 無影塔 [The Shadowless Pagoda], page 15:아사달이 기쁨의 절정에 올랐다면 낙망의 구렁에 천길 만길 떨어지기는 묻지 않아도 팽개이리라.- Asadar-i gippeum-ui jeoljeong-e ollat-damyeon nangmang-ui gureong-e cheon'gil man'gil tteoreojigi-neun mut-ji an-ado Paenggae-i-rira.
- Just when Asadal, , rose to great heights of joy, abysmally fell to unfathomable depths of despair was, without question, Paenggae.
- (hyperbolic, less common) a long distance
Usage notes
- (a great drop, depth, or height): Typically said of natural features such as caves, cliffs, gorges, or bodies of water.