Word details
사람
- Pronunciation
- 사ː람
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
human; man
A being that is capable of thinking, makes and uses languages and tools and lives by forming a society with others.
person; native
A person who belongs to a region, family, organization, etc.
talent; reponsible member
A being that has certain qualifications or character.
personality
The personality or character of a person.
dude
The word that is used to refer to or call a person that one feels close to.
other; other person
The word that refers to an unspecified person other than oneself.
prominent figure
An extraordinary person.
people
A worker or a person hired to work on a project or assignment.
person
The unit of counting the number of people.
Idioms
사람 살려
Please, save a man!
An expression used to ask for help in a life-threatening emergency.
사람 죽이다
kill a human
For something to give someone a hard time.
kill a human
To do something unexpected and make someone embarrassed.
kill a human
To fascinate someone.
사람(을) 버리다
spoil someone's personality
To make someone become a bad person.
사람(을) 잡다
catch a human
To kill a person.
catch a human
To give someone a hard time by severely harassing him/her.
사람(이) 되다
become a human
To become a person who has moral and personal qualities that one is expected to have as a person.
사람 같지 않다
be not like a human
To not have a manner or character that one is expected to have as a person.
Proverbs
사람이면 다 사람인가 사람이라야 사람이지
A human cannot be a human even if he/she is a human, but can be a human if he/she becomes a human
A person who does not behave like a decent human being is considered the same as an animal.
사람이 죽으란 법은 없다
There is no law that lets a man die
People are bound to come up with a way to survive no matter how difficult their situation may be.
사람이 세상에 나면 저 먹을 것은 가지고 나온다
A man is born with what he/she will eat
People have their own ways to survive whether they have a talent or not.
사람이 굶어 죽으란 법은 없다
There is no law that lets a man starve to death
People are bound to survive and eke out an existence anyway even when they are very much short of food.
사람의 새끼는 서울로 보내고 마소 새끼는 시골[제주]로 보내라
The young of a human should be sent to Seoul, and the young of horses and oxen should be sent to the rural area[Jejudo Island]
An expression to advise that young people should study in a big city to achieve success while animals should be bred in a rural area to grow fat.
사람의 마음은 하루에도 열두 번
The mind of a man changes twelve times a day
An expression meaning a person's life is very prone to change.
사람은 헌[때 묻은] 사람이 좋고 옷은 새 옷이 좋다
Good people are those who are old[soiled], and good clothes are those that are new
When it comes to a product, a new one is good, but when it comes to a person, an old, familiar and close one is good.
사람은 지내봐야 안다
One should experience a man to know him/her better
You have to get along with someone for a long time to completely know what he/she is because appearance can sometimes be deceptive.
사람은 죽으면 이름을 남기고 범은 죽으면 가죽을 남긴다
People leave a name when they die, and tigers leave leather when they die; He who leaves the fame of good works after him does not die
The most important thing in a person's life is to do something worthy during his/her lifetime to help the later generations to gain honor.
사람은 겪어 보아야 알고 물은 건너 보아야 안다
One should experience a man to know him/her better, and one should cross the water to know it better
You have to get along with someone for a long time to completely know what he/she is because appearance can sometimes be deceptive.
사람마다 저 잘난 맛에 산다
Every man lives on the flavor of his/her own pride
People tend to think they are the best no matter what others think.
사람 팔자 시간문제
The destiny of a man is a matter of time
An expression meaning no one knows what a person's future holds as his/her life can suddenly change anytime.
사람 죽여 놓고 초상 치러 준다
kill a man and hold a funeral for him/her
To try to give someone help after having done harm to him/her by one's mistake.
사람 위에 사람 없고 사람 밑에 사람 없다
No human is above a human, and no human is below a human
People are entitled to equal rights from birth.
사람 속은 천 길 물속이라
The mind of a man is a thousand fathoms
It is very difficult to know what a person has in mind.
사람 나고 돈 났지 돈 나고 사람 났나
It is not that money comes before a man, but that a man comes before money
A person is more valuable than money, and not vice versa.