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TOPIK 5verb

한탄하다

hantanhada

한탄해요 · 한탄했어요 · 한탄할 거예요 · 한탄하세요

to lament, to bemoan, to sigh over

Example

그는 젊은 시절을 낭비한 것을 한탄했어요.

He lamented having wasted his youth.

Word parts

한 regret탄 sigh

Literally 'sigh with regret'.

Good to know

신세를 한탄하다 (bemoan one's fate) is the classic collocation; 한탄 is about personal misfortune, not society.