금고가 · 금고를
imprisonment without labor
Example
그는 업무상 과실로 금고 1년을 선고받았습니다.
He was sentenced to one year of imprisonment without labor for professional negligence.
Word parts
금 confine+고 shut in
Literally 'confine and shut in'; the homonym 금고 means 'safe, vault'.
Good to know
징역 includes prison labor; 금고 is confinement only, often given for negligence crimes.
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