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, sajaseong-eo () are four-character idioms, the analog of Chinese ''

chengyu ''Chengyu'' () are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expression, most of which consist of four characters. ''Chengyu'' were widely used in Classical Chinese and are still common in vernacular Chinese writing and in the spoken language ...

'' and Japanese ''

yojijukugo is a Japanese lexeme consisting of four kanji (Chinese characters). English translations of include "four-character compound", "four-character idiom", "four-character idiomatic phrase", and "four-character idiomatic compound". It is equivalen ...

,'' and generally but not always of Chinese origin. They have analogous categorization to the analogs in other languages, such as ''gosaseong-eo'' (고사성어; 故事成語) for historical idioms.

External links

* 분류:한국어_한자성어 — Korean Wiktionary index of sajaseong-eo.
Structure of four character idioms
— A sample list with English Translations

References

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