자구다복

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 自求多福, from the Classic of Poetry, a collection of ancient Chinese poems from the early first millennium B.C.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠ɡuda̠bo̞k̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [자구다복]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?jagudabok
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?jagudabog
    McCune–Reischauer?chagudabok
    Yale Romanization?cakwutapok

    Noun

    자구다복 • (jagudabok) (hanja 自求多福)

    1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) heaven helps those who help themselves
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