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Minimum Chinese character vocabulary
Minimum Chinese character vocabulary
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Book Introduction
For today's adults, not the Hanja generation
Chinese character vocabulary lessons to help you overcome literacy barriers

In adult social life, Chinese character vocabulary is common sense and essential knowledge!
If you need to check your vocabulary, including frequently used words you didn't know about and new words you learned, this book is for you!

Let's choose the one with the same meaning of 'emotion' in the following three sentences.
① I would like to request an antique appraisal.
② The mother could not hold back her sadness and shed tears.
③ Let go of each other's feelings and reconcile.
There is no right answer.
All three 'emotions' are different Chinese characters.
(鑑定/感情/憾情)

Those who are not part of the Chinese character generation did not consider Chinese characters to be very important in their education and grew up without having the opportunity to learn them.
However, more than 70 percent of our language is made up of Chinese characters.
Adults who are unfamiliar with Chinese characters often find the Chinese character vocabulary they encounter in various documents and media difficult and make mistakes due to misunderstandings.
Not only is literacy a problem for students who struggle to learn because they can't understand text, but even in the adult world, where we deal with tasks and constantly communicate with others, a lack of vocabulary and the resulting literacy problems can be directly linked to competitiveness in social life.

We live in a world where we can constantly search for unfamiliar words with just a smartphone in our hands, but we often don't have enough time to do so, and if we don't understand the exact meaning, we could make a critical mistake, making this book even more essential reading.
In addition to the essential vocabulary you must know, you will also experience expanding your vocabulary by reading other expressions that can be understood by using each Chinese character you know.
As I expand my understanding and my ability to express myself in more languages, the world I can see and accept expands.
It's fun to encounter new knowledge and information.
This book, which explains the true meaning of frequently encountered but easily confused words in a fun and memorable way, will broaden your perspective on everyday life and help you develop beautiful and flexible thinking.
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Introduction: A fun Chinese character vocabulary lesson for today's adults, not the Chinese character generation.

Lesson 1: Everyday Chinese Vocabulary You'll Be Embarrassed to Misunderstand

Is there a difference between a positive reaction and a benign tumor?
The teacher is not the teacher but the school building?
The reason you didn't eat Shin Ramyun was because of God?
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Wishing you good luck because you love me?
You like free, but you hate being boring?
You can't know exactly without fully understanding it?
Did you eat Chinese food for lunch?
Take off when you leave the land, land when you reach the land.
There's no lease on the window of an empty building, only a lease sign?
The square of a blind spot is not the square of a square?
Regret is a problem that needs to be solved
Inevitable, indispensable, and inseparable mean the same thing?
We won, so why are you saying it's a losing streak?
The 'geo' in anorexia doesn't mean big.
Why did offering things to the king become a bad thing?

Second Lesson: Chinese Vocabulary for Office Workers That Can Be Difficult to Understand

Should I raise the payment or raise the settlement?
Are approval and settlement the same thing?
If your company is the one that elevates the other company, what do you call our company?
nervous words, confidential
Does submitting a proposal mean getting things done?
Why financial authorities are keeping a close eye on fraudulent accounting.
In the past, they sent it, but now they transmit it.
Are there cases where the attachment is more important?
It takes time and sweat to break even.
Public institutions can only do bidding and not negotiate contracts?
The '전' in '전결' is not written as '전전' or '전앞'?
What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative evaluation?
Do you use 'palm sheets' for division of labor?
The 'god' of receiving and sending is news?
Net income is the real money left over
You wrote the request form without even knowing what a request is?
What is the difference between publicity, advertising, and propaganda?

Third Lesson: Current Affairs Chinese Character Vocabulary: Difficult but Frequently Seen in the News

In what field can you become a legend?
A pet is an animal that acts as a companion?
The 'bu' in 'veto' is not '不'
What is the difference between provisional disposition and provisional disposition application?
Dismissal, rejection, and acknowledgment, frequently used in courts
Impeachment only applies to those in power or high-ranking public officials?
If you ignore the alarm bell, sad things will happen.
A desperate measure is a trick that is made by enduring pain?
The reason retirement isn't easy is because we're human.
Why You Shouldn't Write About a Living Person's Age
You said there wasn't a scene that could be called the highlight?
Are the 'Park' in 'Park-Bing' and the 'Park' in 'Park-Ae' opposites?
That person is not compatible with political reform?
Who is the accused, the defendant or the plaintiff?
Why are punitive damages necessary?
The right to a view is also an important right.
Isn't a quick advance the opposite of a strong advance?
A soft landing isn't a continuous landing?
Retroactively, there are good and bad cases.
The right to plan and the right to resist are our rights.
I asked for your understanding as it was a situation that had to be postponed.
I hope prices will remain flat and the stock market will rebound.

Lesson Four: Similar-Looking, But Easily Confusing Chinese Character Vocabulary

I'm confused because I don't know why I suffered.
Collusion is bad, and excessive unity is also bad.
We will strive not only for development but also for advancement.
Wouldn't it be nice if businessmen worked for the unemployed?
Let's clarify what needs to be revealed and rescue what needs to be rescued.
Do you sue for yourself, or do you report for society?
Let's avoid vulgar language and use polite language.
The Chinese characters for "一一" and "一种" are the same, but their pronunciation and meaning are different?
Whether you prove it or not, let's do one thing.
If you stock up, quality will improve and inventory will not pile up?
Are you saying you will pay the entire appearance fee?
Break records and renew your ID.
What follows the transfer but does not follow the transfer?
When in doubt, call it a condolence gift or a congratulatory gift.
A is always '4' and B is always '5'?
The sexagenary cycle has turned once, so it's 60th birthday, 60th birthday?
Isn't bowing a greeting by bending the neck?
The terms fixed-term and fixed-term have different meanings.
Cry at scores below 60 and laugh at scores below 60

Lesson 5: Chinese Character Vocabulary for Health and Sports

If you take oral medications that are easy to dissolve, you can take them orally.
The 'gyeong' in cervical spine and the 'gyeong' in cervical cancer have the same meaning.
Relay is relay running, and relay is relay swimming.
The 'go' in hip joint doesn't mean 'high go'?
Hyperlipidemia turned into hyperlipidemia?
Bone density is the degree of density of minerals within the bones.
Are lack of exercise and overeating the causes of underlying diseases?
Cerebral infarction is a disease in which the brain hardens.
The causes of diabetes are high-fat diet, stress, and drinking.
Manual therapy is a treatment done with bare hands.
There's an autopsy, a biopsy, and a postmortem examination.
The 'rain' in droplet infection is not 'nose rain'?
If frequent urination is left untreated, it can worsen into urinary incontinence.
Whether it's a crushing defeat, a crushing defeat, or a crushing defeat, defeat is defeat.
Waterborne is caused by water
Does the 'epidemiological' in 'epidemiological investigation' mean an infectious disease?
The 'sang' in 'yongsang' and 'imsang' means to raise.
Antibodies, antigens, and antibiotics are all 'blocking agents'
Is a double play more painful than a strikeout?
Do consecutive hits in volleyball and consecutive hits in baseball have different meanings?

Lesson Six: Chinese Idioms That Even Make You Hear the Sound of "Yusikhae"

Mansijitan is an excuse for a loser.
Two meanings contained in the broken name
The phrase "Gwaibulgae" is not a word to criticize a mistake.
In the Gumilbokgom, 'bok' means mind
Guwooilmo is one in a million
The 'jung' in 'Gwontojungrae' means to repeat.
The symbol of pride is not something to show off or be proud of.
Both the lanyard and the backpack have pockets.
Is the horse riding acupuncture story true?
A person who bows to the elders is a person wearing a mask
In sports, Seongdong-gyeokseo deserves applause
Success comes from not having the mindset to give up.
Two meanings contained in May and Winter Juice
A leader must be able to do the same thing
If you talk too much, you can't hit the main gate.
Decision-making disorder that causes hesitation
Tosagupaengi could be a new starting point
You also need to practice firefighting
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“Because I am not from the Hanja generation.” Yes, that’s right.
When I was young, newspapers were full of Chinese characters, but now it's hard to find such scenes.
You're saying that Korean alone is sufficient to convey the meaning? That's true, of course.
But it's clearly different.
Just as the enjoyment of a trip differs depending on whether or not you know the destination, even when traveling to the same place, the understanding of the meaning of a Chinese character differs depending on whether or not you know the meaning of the Chinese character, and the expansion of thoughts, application, use, and enjoyment also differ significantly.

--- From "Introduction_Fun Chinese Character Vocabulary Lessons for Today's Adults, Not the Chinese Character Generation"

Even though we know what 'now', 'just now', 'right now', 'this week', 'this year', and 'this time' mean, there are many cases where we do not know that the 'geum' in the words listed above means 'now'.
If you know 'now', you can easily understand the meaning of 'now for the first time' and 'east and west past and present'.
Is it correct to say, "It got dark quickly" or "It got dark quickly"? "Soon" is correct.
Even if you memorize it, you'll still get confused after a few days? From now on, you won't have to be confused again.
This is because ‘geumse’ is a shortened word of ‘geumsi (今時) + e’.
If you know that the particle that comes after 'next year' or 'ten years later' is 'e', ​​you will not be confused about whether 'geumsae' is wrong or 'geumse' is correct.
--- From "First Lesson_Everyday Chinese Character Vocabulary You'll Be Embarrassed to Misunderstand"

“I submitted the payment documents to the manager.” “I submitted the payment documents to the manager.”
“Should I pay with a corporate card?” “Should I pay with a corporate card?”
I understand that both use the word '결(決)' to resolve, but it is said that it is difficult to decide whether to use '재' or '제'.
'Jae' means 'to decide', and 'Je' means 'to cross'.
It's good to think of 'trial'.
A trial is when a judge makes a public judgment on a lawsuit based on the law. The 'jae' in this case and the 'jae' in 'settlement' have the same meaning.
Both the act of a high-ranking person with decision-making authority deciding on a case submitted by a low-ranking employee and the act of a judge deciding on a sentence mean making a decision or finalizing a decision.
If you think of 'trial', you may not be confused by the fact that 'trial' is used in 'settlement documents'.
A 'payment' is the act of transferring money from one person or company to another.
When I pay with a card, my money goes to the store owner.
The character that means to cross is 'je (濟)'.
Let's think of Jeju Island.
No one is confused that it is ‘Jejudo’ and not ‘Jaejudo’.
Jeju Island is a name that means 'Je (濟)', 'Ju (州)', and 'Do (島)', meaning 'island', meaning 'county' that can only be reached by crossing the sea.
Just as it is called ‘Jeju Island’ because it is a town that must be crossed, the act of making money cross over is ‘payment’.

--- From "Second Lesson_Chinese Vocabulary for Office Workers That Will Be Difficult to Understand"

There is a saying, 'Gwaibulgae'.
It is an abbreviation of the saying, ‘To go too far and not change is to go too far.’
'Gwaibulgae' refers to committing a mistake and not correcting it.
'Gwai Bulgae Shiwi Gwai' is the story that 'Gwai Bulgae' is wrong.
I think it can be understood that mistakes can be forgiven, but not correcting a mistake is not forgivable.
‘Fault (過)’, ‘to fix (改)’, ‘this (是)’, ‘to say (謂)’, ‘the particle (矣)’.
Is '시(是)' used to mean 'correct' and also 'this'? Yes.
In the phrases ‘sibi’ (是非), which is a dispute over right and wrong, ‘sijeong’ (是正), which is the work of correcting a mistake, and ‘sibijisim’ (是非之心), which is the mind that knows how to distinguish between right and wrong, it means ‘right’, but in phrases like ‘shiwigwai’ (是謂過矣) or ‘shiilyabangseongdaegok’ (是日也放聲大哭), it means ‘this’.
In Chinese sentences, you often come across 'shi (是)', and in this case, 'shi (是)' means 'is'.
You can understand it as the English 'be verb'.
'我是學生' means 'I am a student'.
--- From "Sixth Lesson_Chinese Idioms That Even Make You Hear the Sound of 'Smart'"
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Publisher's Review
√ How well are you using Korean? Vocabulary: The foundation for improving literacy

It's clearly Korean, but there are words that I don't understand even when I read them or hear them.
In long texts like novels, even if you encounter an unfamiliar expression, you can infer its meaning from the content before and after it.
This is often cited as the best way to develop literacy.
But in our daily lives, we rarely take the time to present something step by step.
I have to get to the heart of the matter in short conversations and make the right choices for myself in short questions.
When encountering unfamiliar words or misunderstanding expressions, it is easy to choose the wrong response or option.
If you don't know 'rent' and 'rental', it will be difficult to write a contract. If you don't know 'refrain' and 'direction', you will end up doing the exact opposite. If you don't know expressions related to congratulatory or condolence money, such as 'age' or 'condolence money', you may end up in an awkward situation for both parties.
So, for adults, the main Chinese characters are considered common sense, meaning that they should know at least this much.
Since communication begins with listening, knowing frequently used Chinese characters is the minimum effort required for good communication.

√ Let's easily meet the Korean and Chinese characters that are both far and near.

Even in daily life, we encounter a lot of Chinese characters at work or when performing official duties.
70% of Korean words are made up of Chinese characters, and Chinese characters are also used to efficiently convey necessary messages in short sentences.
“Chinese characters are the multiplication table.” The author of this book has been teaching Korean to children for over 30 years and has emphasized the necessity of Chinese characters.
Just as you can solve problems and live without knowing the multiplication table, but your competitiveness decreases and your quality of life is significantly affected, the same goes for Chinese characters.

This book selects and delivers 112 key Chinese character vocabulary items, including expressions that are easily misspelled or confused in daily life, key vocabulary that must be known at work, current affairs encountered in the media, health-related vocabulary, and four-character idioms.
In particular, it guides you through the original meaning of Chinese characters, which are ideographic characters, so that you can rediscover words you already knew and correct expressions that were confusing.
It is commonly known that 'mokrye' means to bow lightly, but 'eye bow' and 'courtesy' actually mean 'a greeting made with a light eye contact'.
We know it as a general term meaning to focus on 'attention', but it actually means 'to focus one's attention on one's eyes', with 'to pour one's heart into' and 'to focus one's attention on'.
Just as you might find yourself taking a walk down an alley you pass every day, suddenly finding it new and unfamiliar and feeling joy, this book will also provide you with the joy of rediscovering words by examining the meaning of frequently used expressions.
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GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: December 10, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 336 pages | 458g | 145*210*23mm
- ISBN13: 9791190488556
- ISBN10: 1190488558

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