0225 Koreascape Monthly Special "NO BOUNDARIES"

1. Moldy and expensive studio apartments. The soaring cost of student living

2. Depression induced by social media

3. Korea Aging Faster Than Expected

차려놓은 밥상에 숟가락 얹다: Putting one’s spoon on the table that’s already fully set.

차려놓다 (차리다): setting a table

밥상: a table

숟가락: a spoon

얹다: to put, to place

→ You don’t like it when you fully prepared and set the table for a meal, then someone who didn’t help you with anything shows up and tries to put their spoon on the table to eat.

→ Trying to enjoy the result without participating in the process/when others did all the work.

→ Trying to take advantage of others’ efforts.

● How did you get interested in Korean culture?

● When did you start looking for jobs?

● What made you suspect that there was age discrimination?g for jobs?

- Women’s Safety Returning Home Service

- Women’s Safety Parcel Service

- Safety Taxi Service

칠전팔기: You fall seven times, you get up eight times.

칠: seven, 전: fall down, fall on one’s face, 팔: eight, 기: get up

→ You fall down seven times then you get up eight times.

→ You never give up. You try again and again.

→ Standing firm, indomitability

~ 하고야 말겠다: Will make sure ~ happens, I will definitely ~

위로하다: comfort, cheer someone up

- Korean-Chinese Food

- Delivery Food

(Jajangmyeon/ Jjamppong / Tangsuyuk)

그 나물에 그 밥이다: two peas in a pod, two of a kind.

나물: greens, seasoned vegetables

밥: rice

→ Same greens, same rice.

→ It’s an expression you say when describing similar things/people that you can’t really tell the difference between them. However, people say this expression in negative situations as well because of its nuance nowadays – ex) 그 나물에 그 밥이라더니, 둘 다 문제아다 (They’re two peas in a pod – they’re both troublemakers.)

→ Similar expressions: 끼리끼리 논다 (kind calls to kind)

- Semesters and vacations?

- So February = graduation!

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