오죽 ~(으)면 · 오죽 ~겠어요?
how (very) much, to what extent (rhetorical)
Example
그가 오죽 힘들었으면 회사를 그만뒀겠어요?
How hard must it have been for him to quit his job?
Good to know
Almost always in 오죽 ~(으)면: 'it must have been really bad, if…'
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오죽 ~(으)면 · 오죽 ~겠어요?
how (very) much, to what extent (rhetorical)
Example
그가 오죽 힘들었으면 회사를 그만뒀겠어요?
How hard must it have been for him to quit his job?
Good to know
Almost always in 오죽 ~(으)면: 'it must have been really bad, if…'
Related words