Preface
How to Use This Book

Lesson 1: Sympathy in Wealth and Sorrow, Sympathy in Pain and Wealth, Telepathy in Mind
Lesson 2: Unanimity, Mutual Assistance, Ten to Ten, General Unity
Lesson 3: Studying the Bible Day and Night, Never Failing
Lesson 4: The Perfect Improvisation: The Right Time, the Right Place
Lesson 5: Foresight: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Lesson 6: A Counter-Teacher: Put Yourself in Others' Shoes, Learn from the Past, and Learn from the Past
Lesson 7: A well-rounded, knowledgeable, and 100% accurate person.
Lesson 8: Living a life of sacrifice, leading by example, consistent words and actions, and integrity
Lesson 9 Returning home in glory, a smooth and prosperous journey
Lesson 10: A Self-Made Man Who Remains in the Spotlight
Lesson 11: A Close Call to Life: The Fisherman's Tale, a Fortune-Telling Journey
Lesson 12: The Military Academy, a true and unparalleled force
Lesson 13: Small Penny, Small Penny, Big Pound, Big Pound
Lesson 14: The difference between seeing and seeing, selfish desires, and the calculation of interests
Lesson 15: Premature, Moment by Moment, the Whole Story of Hamheung
Lesson 16: The Ages Are Different, The World Is Changing, The World Is Far Apart
Lesson 17: A life of ups and downs, full of twists and turns
Lesson 18: A sudden faint, a sudden commotion, internal and external troubles, great wailing, a bolt from the blue
Lesson 19: A house on all sides is like a raging fire, helpless against the wind
Lesson 20: Trial and error, turning a bad thing into a blessing
Lesson 21: Good and Bad Fortune, Birth, Aging, Illness, and Death, Survival of the Fittest, Rise and Fall
Lesson 22: The Truth is in Your Hands, Your Contentment is in Your Hands, Life is Fleeting, a Dream in the Air
Lesson 23: Weddings, funerals, and ceremonies, the precious and precious jade leaves, the one and only
Lesson 24: A Hundred-Year Pact, a Hundred-Year Sea, a Destiny of One Heart
Lesson 25: The Joys and Sorrows of Friends, Close Friends, and Childhood Friend
Lesson 26: A Long Life, No Disease, and Immortality for Generations
Lesson 27: Straightforward and blunt, with a silent and unspoken tone
Lesson 28: Sweet talk, half-belief, half-truth, false rumors, and a false alarm
Lesson 29: Noisy, rambling, and rambling
Lesson 30: The Angry, Doctrinaire, and Reckless
Lesson 31: A Tower of Ideas, a Dragon's Head, a Snake's Tail, and Empty Theories
Lesson 32: Debate, controversy, squabbling, and back and forth
Lesson 33: Same Question, Different Dreams, My East Wind, Reversal of Subject and Object
Lesson 34: Indecisiveness, Decisions, Three Days, Day After Day
Lesson 35: Worry, Deliberation, Nervousness, and Restlessness
Lesson 36: Geometric Progression: The More the Better
Lesson 37: Countless things you've never heard of before, and many times, nine times out of ten
Lesson 38: All Kinds of Similarities, Birds of a Feather, and a Common Sense
Lesson 39: A Difficult Problem, a Tough Challenge, an Infinite Challenge, a Heavenly Reality
Lesson 40: The beautiful mountains and rivers, the mountains and rivers, the delicacies of the mountains and rivers, the colorful delicacies of the mountains and rivers

Appendix_Idioms that are good to know
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■ Features of this book

1.
A Korean language textbook with 176 essential idioms!

The 176 four-character idioms included in the textbook are 'essential' four-character idioms selected from among the four-character idioms selected from the 'International Korean Language Standard Curriculum' and the four-character idioms as idiomatic expressions presented by the National Institute of the Korean Language's 'Korean Language Teaching and Learning Center'.

A Korean textbook featuring 176 essential four-character idioms!
The 176 four-character idioms included in this textbook are 'essential,' primarily selected from the common idioms listed in both the 'International Standard for Curriculum Korean Language' and the 'Center for Teaching and Learning Korean' of the National Institute of Korean Language.

2.
Let's learn four four-character idioms divided into form and subject!

By introducing Korean idioms in groups of four for each lesson based on the aspects and topics used in daily life, learners can learn by associating and expanding on the idioms.
To this end, we provide modal or subject words that can be used to activate learners' schemas in the introduction, making it easier to understand the four-character idiom.


Learn four idioms grouped by modality and theme together!
By introducing the idioms in groups of four per chapter according to modalities and themes used in daily life, readers can learn through association and expansion.
To foster better understanding, each chapter begins with modal or thematic words to activate learners' schemata.

3.
Learn how to use idioms in real life with various problems!

Each lesson consists of Activity 1, which involves understanding the meaning of each idiom, and Activity 2, which involves learning how to use the idiom as an idiomatic expression through various problems.
In particular, Activity 2 allows you to learn how to use Korean idioms frequently used in real life through problems in various sentence structures such as short narratives, dialogues, and articles.


Master the use of four-character idioms in real life through exercises!
Each chapter consists of two-part exercises.
Activity 1 focuses on the meaning of each idiom, and Activity 2 helps learners master the use of idioms as figurative expressions.
The latter, in particular, allows learners to practice using the widely-used idioms through various exercises, including short descriptive sentences, dialogues, and news articles.

4.
Build a solid foundation in Korean with explanations of four-character idioms written in English!

To help you understand and use idioms accurately, you can solidify your Korean vocabulary by explaining not only the meaning and pronunciation of each letter, but also the interpretation, usage, and phonetic value of each idiom along with English expressions.

Strengthen your Korean language foundation with English explanations of four-character idioms!

To ensure accurate comprehension and application of the idioms, the meaning and pronunciation of individual characters, as well as the interpretation, usage, and phonetic value of each idiom, are thoroughly explained along with clarifications in English.
This approach helps to build a solid foundation for Korean vocabulary.