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TOPIK 6adverb

사사건건

sasageongeon [사사껀껀]

사사건건 + 간섭하다 / 반대하다 / 트집을 잡다

in every single matter, at every turn

Example

동생은 사사건건 제 일에 간섭해요.

My younger sibling meddles in every little thing I do.

Word parts

사 matter사 matter건 item건 item

Literally 'every matter, every item'.

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Pronounced [사사껀껀]; almost always negative, with meddling or opposing.