English rendering Show one's worth Literal translation: “Emit light”
Reveal one's ability or value.
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A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
Recoil intensely Show extreme aversion 
3 meanings Know no bounds Fail to know one’s proper station 
the Thousand Character Classic A figurative expression for the Thousand Character Classic. 
Limp Figuratively, limp; the character suk in the Thousand Character Classic’s fourth phrase, jin-suk-yeol-jang, is associated by sound with the word for limping 
worlds apart A figurative expression for a great difference or distance between two things. 
Reach immense proportions Be very great, high, or abundant. 
leave it to fate To follow fate. 
2 meanings Live under the open sky Live and sleep outdoors 
2 meanings Tower high; have overwhelming momentum Rise very high. 
2 meanings be faint with exhaustion or shock To be severely weakened by excessive fatigue or grief. Browse in Hangul order.
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