Word details
당장
- Pronunciation
- 당장
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
right now
The very place or time where an incident occurs.
immediate future
The time right after an incident occurred.
right now
Here and now.
Proverbs
당장 먹기엔 곶감이 달다
The dried persimmon is too sweet to eat now
To do something which is immediately good for oneself without preparing for the things to come in the future.
The dried persimmon is too sweet to eat now
To not foresee that something which is good and convenient at the moment will turn out to be not only short-lived but harmful in the future.