See 셤 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "When [General Yi] stationed [his troops] on [Wihwa] Island, heavy rain fell for three days; only after [they] cleared themselves away from it, the [island] was submerged.",
"ref": "1447, “Stanza 67”, in 龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 [Yongbi Eocheon'ga]:",
"roman": "syěm ành-áy cásìlq céy hánpí sàól-ì-lwòtóy pwǔyGèzá cómòníngìtá",
"text": "셤〯 안해〮 자〮시ᇙ 제〮 한〮비〮 사ᄋᆞ〮리로ᄃᆡ〮 뷔〯어ᅀᅡ〮 ᄌᆞ〮ᄆᆞ니〮ᅌᅵ다〮",
"translation": "When [General Yi] stationed [his troops] on [Wihwa] Island, heavy rain fell for three days; only after [they] cleared themselves away from it, the [island] was submerged.",
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"english": "Have you not seen by the roadside a deserted pond? […] In that seom of old water, there hides the Jiaolong.",
"ref": "1481, “君不見簡蘇徯 / 군불견간소혜”, in 分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해 [Bullyu Dugongbu Si Eonhae], page 19:45b:",
"roman": "kùtùy-nón kíl-s-kǒz-òy-s pòlíyéysnòn mwós-òl pwòtí àníhònòntá […] hòn syém-mán hòn nyěy-s múl-èy KYWO.LYWONG-í kàlmásnònílà",
"text": "그듸ᄂᆞᆫ〮 긼〮ᄀᆞ〯ᅀᆡᆺ ᄇᆞ리〮옛〮ᄂᆞᆫ 모〮ᄉᆞᆯ 보디〮 아니〮ᄒᆞᄂᆞᆫ다〮 […] ᄒᆞᆫ 셤〮만〮 ᄒᆞᆫ 녯〯 므〮레 蛟龍이〮 갈맛〮ᄂᆞ니〮라",
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"ref": "1447, “Stanza 67”, in 龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 [Yongbi Eocheon'ga]:",
"roman": "syěm ành-áy cásìlq céy hánpí sàól-ì-lwòtóy pwǔyGèzá cómòníngìtá",
"text": "셤〯 안해〮 자〮시ᇙ 제〮 한〮비〮 사ᄋᆞ〮리로ᄃᆡ〮 뷔〯어ᅀᅡ〮 ᄌᆞ〮ᄆᆞ니〮ᅌᅵ다〮",
"translation": "When [General Yi] stationed [his troops] on [Wihwa] Island, heavy rain fell for three days; only after [they] cleared themselves away from it, the [island] was submerged.",
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"english": "Have you not seen by the roadside a deserted pond? […] In that seom of old water, there hides the Jiaolong.",
"ref": "1481, “君不見簡蘇徯 / 군불견간소혜”, in 分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해 [Bullyu Dugongbu Si Eonhae], page 19:45b:",
"roman": "kùtùy-nón kíl-s-kǒz-òy-s pòlíyéysnòn mwós-òl pwòtí àníhònòntá […] hòn syém-mán hòn nyěy-s múl-èy KYWO.LYWONG-í kàlmásnònílà",
"text": "그듸ᄂᆞᆫ〮 긼〮ᄀᆞ〯ᅀᆡᆺ ᄇᆞ리〮옛〮ᄂᆞᆫ 모〮ᄉᆞᆯ 보디〮 아니〮ᄒᆞᄂᆞᆫ다〮 […] ᄒᆞᆫ 셤〮만〮 ᄒᆞᆫ 녯〯 므〮레 蛟龍이〮 갈맛〮ᄂᆞ니〮라",
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