세상에! · stronger: 세상에나! · 세상에, 이럴 수가!
oh my God!, good heavens!, my goodness
Example
세상에, 이 많은 음식을 혼자 다 만들었어요?
Good heavens, you made all this food by yourself?
Word parts
세 world+상 on
세상 'the world' (literally 'upon the world') + 에 'in' — as if saying 'in all the world, how can this be?'
Good to know
Shows amazement or shock, good or bad. 세상에나 is stronger and sounds a bit older or more motherly.
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