Word details
원수
- Pronunciation
- 원ː수
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- advanced
- Homonyms
- 3
enemy; archenemy
A person or group that caused one harm in a way that makes him/her indignant and frustrated with a lingering resentment.
Proverbs
원수는 외나무다리에서 만난다
encounter an enemy on a single log bridge; meet bad luck one cannot escape
An expression used to describe a situation where one runs into someone whom one hates or shuns in a situation where interaction cannot be avoided.
encounter an enemy on a single log bridge; meet bad luck one cannot escape
An expression meaning if one does harm to someone, one will eventually suffer the consequences of it.