Collection
Korean proverbs on learning and growth
Traditional Korean sayings with English renderings, original explanations, and dictionary references. These sayings describe life from different perspectives; not all are advice to follow literally.
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You do not notice your clothes getting wet in a drizzle.
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Earn like a dog and spend like a high official.
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Trying to run before learning to walk.
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You must chew meat to know its taste.
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Those who have eaten meat know how to eat it.
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Enduring hardship as often as eating meals.
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Buying hardship for yourself.
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Stagnant water goes bad.
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The former official was the capable one.
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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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Above one who crawls is one who flies.
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Seeing the trees but missing the forest.
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The bond of raising is stronger than the bond of birth.
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You must open your eyes to see the stars.
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Having tasted both sweet and bitter.
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Whipping a horse already running.
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Measuring the heights of acorns.
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Keep close to ink and you turn black.
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A loach has become a dragon.
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Where the needle goes, the thread follows.
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Hearing a hundred times is less than seeing once.
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Roasting beans in a flash of lightning.
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Listen to your parents, and rice cakes may arrive even in your sleep.
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Know a person by experience and water by crossing it.
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