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TOPIK 3noun

배경

baegyeong

배경이 · 배경을

background, setting; backdrop

Example

이 소설은 1950년대 서울을 배경으로 해요.

This novel is set in Seoul in the 1950s.

Word parts

배 back경 scene

Literally 'the scene at the back'.