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TOPIK 6noun

맥수지탄

maeksujitan [맥쑤지탄]

맥수지탄이 · 맥수지탄을

grief over one's fallen country

Example

망국의 선비들은 맥수지탄을 시로 남겼습니다.

Scholars of the fallen kingdom left their grief for the lost country in poems.

Word parts

맥 barley수 flourish지 of탄 lament

A prince saw barley growing on the ruins of his old capital and wept.