Korean learner dictionary

춘향가

chunhyangga · Chunhyangga

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 67934

Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 춘향가

1.
판소리 다섯 마당의 하나. 기생의 딸인 성춘향과 양반 이몽룡의 사랑 이야기를 중심으로 춘향의 정절을 찬양하고 탐관오리의 횡포를 고발하고 있다.
English: Chunhyangga — One of the five episodes of pansori, Korean storytelling song; it revolves around a love story between Sung Chunhyang, the daughter of a gisaeng, a Korean female entertainer, and Yi Mongryong, a man of noble birth; it exhorts her fidelity to her lover while criticizing the tyranny of corrupt bureaucrats.