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TOPIK 3noun

세배

sebae

세배가 · 세배를

New Year's bow (to elders)

Example

설날 아침에 할머니께 세배를 드렸어요.

On Lunar New Year's morning, I gave my grandmother a New Year's bow.

Word parts

세 year배 bow

Literally 'year bow'; afterward children receive 세뱃돈, New Year's money.

Good to know

You 세배를 드리다 to elders while saying 새해 복 많이 받으세요.