Word details
한
- Pronunciation
- 한
- Part of speech
- determiner
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 3
one
One.
one
One of many.
one
Same.
approximate
From a rough guess.
Idioms
한 건(을) 올리다
achieve one thing
To produce an outcome.
한 팔을 잃다
lose one arm
To lose the most important person who can be of great help.
한 치 앞을 못 보다
be unable to see one inch ahead
To be unable to see something close.
be unable to see one inch ahead
To be unable to make appropriate judgment on something or predict the future due to the lack of knowledge or experience.
한 줌밖에 안 되다
have just one handful of something
For the quantity of something to be small.
한 줌도 못 되다
have less than one handful of something
For the quantity of something to be very small.
한 줌(의) 재가 [흙이] 되다
become one handful of ash[earth]
(figurative) To die.
한 우물(을) 파다
dig one well
To focus on only one thing at a time until it is completed.
한 손(을) 떼다
take off one hand
To be no longer engaged in something, or pay little attention to it.
한 손 놓다
lay down one hand
To become relaxed after overcoming a critical moment of something.
lay down one hand
To look down on someone and think one can do something much better than him/her.
한 배를 타다
be on one boat; be on the same boat; board one boat; board the same boat
To share each another's fate by doing something together.
한 방 먹이다
make someone eat one punch
(slang) To give someone one big beating.
make someone eat one punch
To say something that can shock someone.
한 건 하다
get one thing done
To produce an outcome.
한 귀로 흘리다
let something go out through one ear
To ignore what someone said without keeping it in mind.
한 다리 걸치다
put one leg on something
To be engaged in something even to the slightest degree.
put one leg on something
To have a certain relationship.
한 다리 끼다
stick one leg in something
To be engaged in something even to the slightest degree.
stick one leg in something
To have a certain relationship.
한 달 서른 날
thirty days in one month
For the whole month.
한 몸이 되다
become one body
To unite organizationally and ideologically.
한 바리에 싣다
load in one bundle
To handle several things all together because they are the same.
한 방(을) 먹다
eat one punch
(slang) To be given one big beating by someone.
eat one punch
To be shocked at someone's words, behavior, etc.
Proverbs
한 계단씩 밟아 올라가다
climb steps one by one
To do something step by step from the beginning.
한 귀로 듣고 한 귀로 흘린다
let something come into one ear and go out though the other; in one ear and out the other
To fail to pay proper attention to what someone says.
한 번 속지 두 번 안 속는다
Even though I was cheated one time, I would never be cheated twice
An expression to stress one's own determination not to be cheated again by the same trick.
한 손으로는 손뼉을 못 친다
You can never clap with one hand
To be unable to do something because one has no partner.
한 입 건너 두 입
two mouths after passing through one mouth
An expression used to describe the manner of rumors gradually spreading out.
한 입 건너고 두 입 건넌다
Something passes through one mouth and then two mouths
For rumors to gradually spread out.
한 입으로 두말하기
say two words with one mouth
An expression used to describe the manner of changing remarks on the same matter.
한 치 앞이 어둠
have darkness one inch ahead
An expression meaning no one can predict what will happen in the future.