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TOPIK 5noun

농성

nongseong

농성이 · 농성을

sit-in, protest occupation

Example

노동자들이 회사 앞에서 농성을 벌이고 있어요.

Workers are staging a sit-in in front of the company.

Word parts

농 cage성 fortress

Originally 'shutting oneself inside a castle' under siege; now a sit-in protest.

Good to know

Collocations: 농성을 벌이다, 단식 농성 (hunger-strike sit-in), 천막 농성 (tent sit-in).