"견문발검" meaning in Korean

See 견문발검 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkjɘ(ː)nmunba̠ɭɡʌ̹m] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gyeonmunbalgeom [romanization], 見蚊拔劒 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 見蚊拔劒 (“to see a mosquito and draw a sword”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|見蚊拔劒}}, {{ko-etym-sino|見蚊拔劒|to see a mosquito and draw a sword}} Sino-Korean word from 見蚊拔劒 (“to see a mosquito and draw a sword”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=見蚊拔劒}} 견문발검 • (gyeonmunbalgeom) (hanja 見蚊拔劒)
  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making a mountain out of a molehill Synonyms: 노승발검 (alt: 怒蠅拔劒), 침소봉대 (alt: 針小棒大)

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "見蚊拔劒",
        "2": "to see a mosquito and draw a sword"
      },
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      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 見蚊拔劒 (“to see a mosquito and draw a sword”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyeonmunbalgeom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見蚊拔劒",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "making a mountain out of a molehill"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "four-character idiom from Classical Chinese",
          "고사성어"
        ],
        [
          "making a mountain out of a molehill",
          "make a mountain out of a molehill"
        ]
      ],
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        "(four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) making a mountain out of a molehill"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "怒蠅拔劒",
          "word": "노승발검"
        },
        {
          "alt": "針小棒大",
          "word": "침소봉대"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkjɘ(ː)nmunba̠ɭɡʌ̹m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "견(ː)문발검"
    },
    {
      "other": "[견(ː)문발검]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "견문발검"
}
{
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "見蚊拔劒",
        "2": "to see a mosquito and draw a sword"
      },
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      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 見蚊拔劒 (“to see a mosquito and draw a sword”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyeonmunbalgeom",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見蚊拔劒",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "見蚊拔劒"
      },
      "expansion": "견문발검 • (gyeonmunbalgeom) (hanja 見蚊拔劒)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Korean four-character idioms",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sino-Korean words"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "making a mountain out of a molehill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "four-character idiom from Classical Chinese",
          "고사성어"
        ],
        [
          "making a mountain out of a molehill",
          "make a mountain out of a molehill"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "怒蠅拔劒",
          "word": "노승발검"
        },
        {
          "alt": "針小棒大",
          "word": "침소봉대"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkjɘ(ː)nmunba̠ɭɡʌ̹m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "견(ː)문발검"
    },
    {
      "other": "[견(ː)문발검]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "견문발검"
}

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