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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 高段數 (“high-ranking number”). Probably coined relatively recently in Korea; it is first attested in the 1960s in mainstream South Korean media sources.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | godansu |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | godansu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kodansu |
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| Yale Romanization? | kotanswu |
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Noun
고단수 • (godansu) (hanja 高段數)
- quick-witted, cunning person
- Synonym: 고수(高手) (gosu)
- 연애 고단수 ― yeonae godansu ― master of romance
2007 October 23, “'바둑외교'로 국왕 잃은 백제 다시'바둑'으로 국운 걸다 ”, in Daejeon Ilbo:장수왕이 파견한 바둑 고단수 도림의 꼬임에 빠져 대규모 토목 공사를 일으킴으로써 국력을 낭비하고 고구려의 공격으로 비참한 최후를 맞는다.- Jangsuwang-i pagyeonhan baduk godansu Dorim-ui kkoim-e ppajeo daegyumo tomok gongsa-reul ireukimeurosseo gungnyeog-eul nangbihago Goguryeo-ui gonggyeog-euro bichamhan choehu-reul manneunda.
- Convinced by the ruses of the go expert Dorim, who King Jangsu had dispatched , he exhausted the realm's resources through major monumental projects and met a dismal end with the Goguryeo invasion.
- cunning artifice
- Synonyms: 꾀 (kkoe), 술수(術數) (sulsu)