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Korean life dictionary

22 short guides to words and manners

Four-character idioms

새옹지마

塞翁之馬 · the old frontiersman's horse

Luck turns unpredictably — bad can become good and back again.

When to useComforting someone after a setback.

Examples

  • 그때 떨어진 게 오히려 잘된 일이었어. 인생은 새옹지마야.

    Failing back then turned out to be a good thing. Life's like that.

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