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TOPIK 5noun

동고동락

donggodongnak [동고동낙]

동고동락이 · 동고동락을

sharing joys and sorrows, going through thick and thin together

Example

우리는 10년 동안 동고동락한 동료예요.

We're colleagues who've been through thick and thin together for ten years.

Word parts

동 together고 suffering동 together락 joy

Literally 'suffer together, rejoice together'.

Good to know

Pronounced [동고동낙]; usually as the verb 동고동락하다.