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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 畵龍點睛 (“to draw dragons and dot in the eyes”). See Chinese 畫龍點睛／画龙点睛 (huàlóngdiǎnjīng) for more.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | hwaryongjeomjeong |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hwalyongjeomjeong |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | hwaryongjŏmjŏng |
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| Yale Romanization? | hwālyongcemceng |
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Noun
화룡점정 • (hwaryongjeomjeong) (hanja 畵龍點睛)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) finishing touch; coup de grâce
그 승전은 노장의 50년 전장 인생의 화룡점정 격이었다.- Geu seungjeon-eun nojang-ui osimnyeon jeonjang insaeng-ui hwaryongjeomjeong gyeog-ieotda.
- That victory was like the coup de grâce of the old general's fifty years of battlefield life.