칼퇴가 · 칼퇴를 · verb: 칼퇴하다
leaving work right on time
Example
오늘은 약속이 있어서 칼퇴할 거예요.
I have plans today, so I'm leaving work right on time.
Word parts
퇴 withdraw, leave
Short for 칼퇴근: 칼 'knife' + 퇴근 'leaving work' — leaving as sharply and precisely as a knife cuts.
Good to know
Casual. Seen as a mark of good 워라밸, the opposite of 야근. Verb: 칼퇴하다.
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