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TOPIK 4adverb

대폭

daepok

대폭 + change verb (대폭 늘리다/줄이다); noun: 대폭 할인

drastically, sharply, by a large margin

Example

정부는 내년 예산을 대폭 늘리기로 했습니다.

The government decided to sharply increase next year's budget.

Word parts

대 big폭 width

Literally 'big width': a change of large scale.

Good to know

A news favorite with 인상, 인하, 증가, 감소; the opposite is 소폭 'slightly'.