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TOPIK 4noun

사돈

sadon

사돈이 · 사돈을

in-laws (your child's spouse's parents)

Example

명절에 사돈 댁에 선물을 보냈어요.

We sent a gift to our child's in-laws for the holiday.

Word parts

English has no one word for this: the two sets of parents of a married couple.

Good to know

The idiom 사돈 남 말 하네 means 'look who's talking.'