칠전팔기

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 七轉八起 (“tumbling seven times, standing up eight times”), orthographic borrowing from Japanese 七(しち)転(てん)八(はっ)起(き) (shichitenhakki).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰiʎd͡ʑʌ̹npʰa̠ɭɡi]
    • Phonetic hangul: [칠전팔기]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?chiljeonpalgi
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?chiljeonpalgi
    McCune–Reischauer?ch'iljŏnp'algi
    Yale Romanization?chilcenphal.ki

    Noun

    칠전팔기 • (chiljeonpalgi) (hanja 七轉八起)

    1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) "tumbling seven times and standing up eight times"; persevering despite repeated failures

    Derived terms

    • 칠전팔기(七轉八起)하다 (chiljeonpalgihada)
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