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TOPIK 6noun

태동

taedong

태동이 · 태동을

stirrings, early beginnings (of a movement); fetal movement

Example

1920년대에 새로운 문학 운동이 태동하기 시작했어요.

In the 1920s, a new literary movement began to stir.

Word parts

태 womb동 move

Literally 'movement in the womb': the first signs of something about to be born.