See 선무당 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing; the novice shaman kills the person [that they were trying to heal]",
"roman": "seonmudang'i saram jamneunda",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "선무당이 사람 잡는다"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "(of an incompetent person) to successfully trick someone into believing something; the novice shaman fools a person",
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"literally"
],
"word": "선무당이 사람 속인다"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "(of a novice) to blame circumstances rather than one's own lack of practice; the novice shaman blames the drums",
"roman": "seonmudang'i janggu tathanda",
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"literally"
],
"word": "선무당이 장구 탓한다"
}
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}
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"(shamanism) an inexperienced novice priest or shaman"
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"actually",
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],
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],
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"little",
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"believe",
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"knowledgeable",
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],
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"figuratively"
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{
"ipa": "[ˈsʰɘ(ː)nmuda̠ŋ]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "선(ː)무당"
},
{
"other": "[선(ː)무당]"
}
],
"word": "선무당"
}
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"Korean links with redundant wikilinks",
"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",
"Korean univerbations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ko:People",
"ko:Shamanism"
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"english": "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing; the novice shaman kills the person [that they were trying to heal]",
"roman": "seonmudang'i saram jamneunda",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "선무당이 사람 잡는다"
},
{
"english": "(of an incompetent person) to successfully trick someone into believing something; the novice shaman fools a person",
"roman": "seonmudang'i saram soginda",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "선무당이 사람 속인다"
},
{
"english": "(of a novice) to blame circumstances rather than one's own lack of practice; the novice shaman blames the drums",
"roman": "seonmudang'i janggu tathanda",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "선무당이 장구 탓한다"
}
],
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"2": "선",
"3": "무당",
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},
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"name": "univerbation"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Univerbation of 선 (seon, “inexperienced, awkward”) + 무당 (mudang, “shaman”).",
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{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
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{
"word": "큰무당"
}
],
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],
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"an inexperienced novice priest or shaman"
],
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[
"shamanism",
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],
[
"inexperienced",
"inexperienced"
],
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"novice",
"novice"
],
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"priest",
"priest"
],
[
"shaman",
"shaman"
]
],
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"(shamanism) an inexperienced novice priest or shaman"
],
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{
"word": "애동제자"
}
],
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"religion",
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],
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[
"novice",
"novice"
],
[
"field",
"field"
]
],
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"(figurative) a novice in any field"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
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"someone who actually knows little or is incompetent, but believes themselves to be knowledgeable or competent"
],
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[
"actually",
"actually"
],
[
"know",
"know"
],
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"incompetent",
"incompetent"
],
[
"believe",
"believe"
],
[
"knowledgeable",
"knowledgeable"
],
[
"competent",
"competent"
]
],
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"(figurative) someone who actually knows little or is incompetent, but believes themselves to be knowledgeable or competent"
],
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"figuratively"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "[ˈsʰɘ(ː)nmuda̠ŋ]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "선(ː)무당"
},
{
"other": "[선(ː)무당]"
}
],
"word": "선무당"
}
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