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옛적 meaning and pronunciation

yetjeok · old days; antiquity

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 68109
Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 옏ː쩍, 옏ː쩌기, 옏ː쩍또, 옏ː쩡만Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    아주 오래 지난 때.

    English: old days; antiquity — A point of time in the past, since which quite a long time has passed.

    Examples

    • 옛날 옛적.
    • 옛적 노래.
    • 옛적 버릇.
    • 옛적 생활.
    • 옛적을 추억하다.
    • 옛적부터 전해지다.
  2. 2.

    세태나 물정이 지금과 몹시 다른 때.

    English: different days; different times — A time in the past when social conditions and ways of life were greatly different from what they are today.

    Examples

    • 옛적 느낌.
    • 옛적 모습.
    • 옛적 분위기.
    • 옛적 세태.
    • 옛적 일.
    • 유행에 맞추어서 옷을 구입하면 금방 옛적인 옷이 되어 버린다.
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