Korean learner dictionary

초복

chobok · chobok

NIKL-backed definitions, English glosses, pronunciation, examples, and learner-level context.

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 69050

Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 초복, 초보기, 초복또, 초봉만

1.
음력 6월에서 7월에 있는 삼복 가운데 첫 번째 날. 이날은 더위를 이기기 위해서 계곡을 찾아 물놀이를 즐기거나 삼계탕과 같은 보양 음식을 먹는다.
English: chobok — The first of the three dog days of summer, days of midsummer heat around the 6th and 7th months of the lunar calendar; on this day, to avoid the heat, some people go to a mountain stream to play in the water while others eat nutritious foods like samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) to beat the heat.