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Korean
Etymology
Compound of 하루 (haru, “one day”) + 살— (sal-, “to live”) + -이 (-i, agentive noun-deriving suffix).
First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞᄅᆞ사리〮 (Yale: hòlòsàlí).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | harusari |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | halusal'i |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | harusari |
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| Yale Romanization? | halwusal.i |
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Noun
하루살이 • (harusari)
- mayfly (insect)
- Synonym: 날파리 (nalpari)
- living day-to-day, without future plans or money; someone who lives in such a way
- (figurative) something ephemeral