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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 識字憂患, from 識字 (“literacy”) + 憂患 (“misery”). Clipped from Literary Chinese 人生識字憂患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ, “misery of life start at literacy”), a line in the Chinese poem 石蒼舒醉墨堂 by Su Shi (蘇軾).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | sikjauhwan |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sigjauhwan |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sikchauhwan |
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| Yale Romanization? | sikcawuhwan |
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Noun
식자우환 • (sikjauhwan) (hanja 識字憂患)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) misery brought by literacy; ignorance is bliss