Word details
세
- Pronunciation
- 세ː
- Part of speech
- determiner
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 5
three
Amounting to three in number.
Proverbs
세 살 적 버릇[마음]이 여든까지 간다
A habit you acquire when you are three years old is hard to break even when you turn eighty
An expression used to advise someone to guard against falling into a bad habit as a child because it is very difficult to correct it however hard one may try throughout their whole life.
세치 혀가 사람 잡는다
Three-inch long tongue kills a person
An expression used to advise someone to watch one's tongue even if it is as short as three inches because talking carelessly may bring disaster.