OK, this will be the last posting on Hanja for the meantime as I’m sure you are – as I am – bored batshit over seeing so much Hanja. I thought this might be interesting for some, though. It is a collection of traditional Korean sayings as written in Hanja:
漢字成語 : 한자성어 : Korean Proverbs in Hanja
漢字 : 한글 : English
外柔內剛 : 외유내강 (형이다) : Being gentle in appearance, but sturdy in spirit.
七顚八起 : 칠전팔기 : To fall down seven times and get up eight.
三寒四溫 : 삼한사온 (이다) : Three days cold and four days warm.
張三李四 : 장삼이사 : Three Jangs, Four Lees (lit.); Common people.
十中八九 : 십중팔구 : In nine cases out of ten; The great majority (of).
馬耳東風 : 마이동풍 (이다) : The east wind in a horse’s ear; Utter indifference.
一口二言 : 일구이언 (하다) : A double-tongue.
八方美人 : 팔방미인 (이다) : A person who excels in everything.
竹馬故友 : 죽마고우 (이다) : My childhood friends.
父傳子傳 : 부전자전 (이다) : Like father, like son; The acorn nevers lands far from the tree.
一長一短 : 일장일단 (이 있다) : Merits and demerits.
言中有骨 : 언중유골 (이다) : Bone in a talk (lit.); More is meant than said.
有口無言 : 유구무언 (이다) : There are no words to say in excuse.
白衣民族 : 백의민족 : White-clad folk; the Korean people.
雪上加霜 : 설상가상 : Frost on top of the snow (lit.): To matters worse.
龍頭蛇尾 : 용두사미 (가 되다) : Dragon head, snake tail; Starts off with a bang and ends with a whimper.
群鷄一鶴 : 군계일학 (이다) : In many chickens, one crane (lit.); Stands out in the crowd.
天高馬肥 : 천고마비 (의 계절이다) : The sky is high and the horse is fat.
南男北女 : 남남북녀 : South for men, North for women. Ladies head south for good-looking blokes. Young men head north for good-looking women!
一石二鳥 : 일석이조 (이다) : Killing two birds with one stone.
靑山流水 : 청산유수 (처림) : A running stream in a blue mountain (lit.); A fluent tongue.
百戰百勝 : 백전백승 (이다, 하다) : A hundred battles, a hundred victories; Winning every battle.
以心傳心 : 이심전심 (이다) : Speak heart to heart; Telepathy.
弱肉强食 : 약육강식 (이다) : The strong devour the weak; The law of the jungle.
同床異夢 : 동상이뭉 (이다) : In the same bed, but having different dreams.
人山人海 : 인사인해 (이다, 를 이루다) : Hordes of people.
年中無休 : 연중무휴 (이다) : Open year round.
門前成市 : 문전성시 (를 이루다) : Having a constant stream of callers.
三三五五 : 삼삼오오 : By two and threes; In groups.
博學多識 : 박학다식 (하다) : Broad learning and wide knowledge;Well-informed.
自手成家 : 자수성가 (하다) : To make their own fortune.
同苦同樂 : 동고동락 (하다) : Share the pains and pleasures of life with.
多多益善 : 다다익선 (이다) : The more, the better.
山川草木 : 산천초목 : Mother nature.
百聞不如一見 : 백문불여일견 (이다) : Hearing one hundred times is not likeseeing once; Seeing is believing.
甘言利說 : 감언이설 (하다) : Flattery; Soft and seductive language.
天生緣分 : 천생연분 (이다) : A match made in heaven.
有名無實 : 유명무실 (하다) : In name only.
大器晩成 : 대기만성 (형이다) : Great talents mature late; Soon ripe, soon rotten.
千萬多幸 : 천만다행 (이다) : Being extremely fortunate.
內憂外患 : 내우외환 (이다) : Internal and external troubles.
東芬西走 : 동부서주 (하다) : Busy oneself about something.
語不成說 : 어불성설 (이다) : Lack of logic.
Speaking of South Korea:
The people of South Korea would despise George W. Bush.
Bush is a raging racist.
Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
(I can type 90 words per minute. In only 7 days, posts basically like this post of mine have come into existence—all over the Internet (hundreds of copies). One can go to Google right now, type “George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism,” hit “Enter,” and find more than 550 copies indicating the content of this post. All in all, there are probably more than 2,000 copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post—it has, in a way, become headline news. One cannot be too dedicated when it comes to anti-Bush activities. As I looked back at my good computer work, I thought how fun and easy it was to do it.)
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.