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TOPIK 6noun

벌초

beolcho

벌초가 · 벌초를

tidying ancestral graves (cutting the grass), grave weeding

Example

추석 전에 가족들과 벌초를 하러 시골에 가요.

Before Chuseok, I go to the countryside with my family to tidy the graves.

Word parts

벌 cut초 grass

Literally 'cutting grass' — done on family graves before Chuseok.

Good to know

News often warns about bee stings and snakes during 벌초 season in late August and September.