2 Answered Questions for the topic sino korean words

Sino Korean Words Vocabulary Korean

04/11/19

What's the name for 4-character Chinese character expressions like 천고마비 or 오리무중?

The characters for 천고마비 mean 'sky high horse fat' and the word means 'autumn'. 오리무중 similarly means 'five ri(≈mile) fog centre' and can literally mean a very thick fog, or metaphorically, a state... more
Sino Korean Words Vocabulary Korean Transliteration

03/26/19

Would 동경 and 북경 be commonly understood as ways of saying 'Tokyo' and 'Beijing'?

As I understand it, 동경 and 북경 are the Korean pronunciations of the 한국어 forms of 'Tokyo' and 'Beijing'. However, the transliterations from English - 도쿄 and 베이징 - seem more common. My question: are... more

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