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TOPIK 6verb

봉합하다

bonghapada [봉하파다]

봉합해요 · 봉합했어요 · 봉합할 거예요 · 봉합하세요

to patch up (a conflict); to suture

Example

두 정당은 갈등을 일시적으로 봉합했어요.

The two parties temporarily patched up their conflict.

Word parts

봉 sew합 join

Literally 'sew together': first a wound, then a rift.

Good to know

Often implies a surface fix: 갈등을 봉합하다 suggests the problem may come back.