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Idioms linked to “날01” · Linked dictionary word

날 (을) The part “을” may be omitted. 가리다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 날(을) 가리다
  • 날을 가리다
  • 날 가리다

English rendering Choose an auspicious day Literal translation: “Select a day”

Meaning 1

혼인, 장례, 이사 따위를 할 때에 길일을 가려잡다.

Choose a lucky day for marriage, a funeral, moving, or the like.

Dictionary example 1

예로부터 관혼상제의 일은 날을 가려서 하는 법이다.

Since old times, coming-of-age ceremonies, weddings, funerals, and ancestral rites have been held on carefully chosen days.

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Related idioms

These idioms are linked to the same word, “날”, in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “날을 받다”: To set the date of a wedding. 2 meanings Shared · 2 set a date To set the date of a wedding. Illustration of the first meaning of “날을 잡다”: Set a wedding date 2 meanings Shared · 2 Set a date Set a wedding date Illustration of the first meaning of “날을 지우다”: To spend a day doing something. pass the day To spend a day doing something. Illustration of the first meaning of “날이 새다”: Have no prospect because the time for accomplishing the task has passed. Be too late to hope Have no prospect because the time for accomplishing the task has passed. Illustration of the first meaning of “날이면 날마다”: On every day without exception Every single day On every day without exception

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Illustration of the first meaning of “낮과 밤을 잊다”: Lose awareness of time passing while doing something Lose track of day and night Lose awareness of time passing while doing something Illustration of the first meaning of “낮과 밤이 따로 없다”: Continue a task without resting. Work day and night Continue a task without resting. Illustration of the first meaning of “낮이고 밤이고”: Always, at all times. Shared · 2 day and night Always, at all times. Illustration of the first meaning of “낮이나 밤이나”: Always, continually Shared · 2 Day and night Always, continually Illustration of the first meaning of “낼모레 동동”: Fail to give something on the promised date and keep postponing it day after day Keep putting off repayment Fail to give something on the promised date and keep postponing it day after day Illustration of the first meaning of “달이 가시다”: For the month considered ritually impure because someone died to pass. have the impure month pass For the month considered ritually impure because someone died to pass. Illustration of the first meaning of “달이 차다”: Reach the month in which one is due to give birth Reach the due month Reach the month in which one is due to give birth Illustration of the first meaning of “돌을 잡히다”: Celebrate a child’s first birthday by setting out various foods and objects and letting the child pick freely Hold a first-birthday choosing rite Celebrate a child’s first birthday by setting out various foods and objects and letting the child pick freely Illustration of the first meaning of “동안이 뜨다”: For an interval of time to be long. 2 meanings have a long interval or distance For an interval of time to be long. Illustration of the first meaning of “밤낮을 가리지 않다”: To continue an undertaking regardless of the time. work without regard to day or night To continue an undertaking regardless of the time.

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“날을 가리다” — Choose an auspicious day: Choose a lucky day for marriage, a funeral, moving, or the like.
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