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상상 meaning and pronunciation
sangsang · imagination
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Dictionary entry
NIKL target code 61734Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 상ː상Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
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실제로 없는 것이나 경험하지 않은 것을 머릿속으로 그려 봄.
English: imagination — An act of picturing something in mind that does not exist or one has never experienced.
Examples
- 상상 밖.
- 상상의 세계.
- 상상을 뛰어넘다.
- 상상을 펼치다.
- 상상으로 그리다.
- 상상도 못 하다.
- Origin
- 想像
- Categories
- 인간 > 인지 행위
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