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Korean idiom Make needless trouble for oneself

사서 고생 (을) The part “을” may be omitted. 하다

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English rendering Make needless trouble for oneself Literal translation: “Buy oneself hardship”

Meaning 1

고생하지 아니하여도 될 일을 제 스스로 만들어 고생하다.

Create avoidable difficulties for oneself and suffer them

Dictionary example 1

편안한 집 놔두고 왜 여기까지 와서 궂은일 해 가며 사서 고생을 하느냐?

Why leave your comfortable home and come all this way to do unpleasant work and make trouble for yourself?

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“사서 고생을 하다” — Make needless trouble for oneself: Create avoidable difficulties for oneself and suffer them
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