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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | choro |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | cholo |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ch'oro |
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| Yale Romanization? | cholo |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 初 (“start”) + 老 (“old age”).
Noun
초로 • (choro) (hanja 初老)
- early old age; beginning of old age
샴푸질을 하다 보니 손에 흰머리가 술술 잡혔다. 초로가 실감 나 서러웠다.- syampujir-eul hada boni son-e huinmeori-ga sulsul japhyeotda. choro-ga silgam na seoreowotda.
- When he was shampooing, white hair came out in clumps in his hand. He was melancholic; that he had entered old age felt real to him.
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 草 (“grass”) + 露 (“dew”).
Noun
초로 • (choro) (hanja 草露)
- a dewdrop on a blade of grass
- (figurative) something ephemeral