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삼십육계 (를) The part “를” may be omitted. 놓다 [부르다/찾다] Possible alternative: “부르다/찾다” · Usage not verified

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 삼십육계(를) 놓다[부르다/찾다]
  • 삼십육계를 놓다
  • 삼십육계 놓다
  • 삼십육계를 부르다 Unverified form
  • 삼십육계 부르다 Unverified form
  • 삼십육계를 찾다 Unverified form
  • 삼십육계 찾다 Unverified form

English rendering Beat a hasty retreat Literal translation: “Use [call for/seek] the thirty-sixth stratagem”

Meaning 1

급하게 도망을 치다.

Flee urgently.

Dictionary example 1

나쁜 짓을 하던 학생은 선생님을 보자 삼십육계를 놓았다.

The student doing something wrong fled as soon as they saw the teacher.

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

Illustration of the first meaning of “삼십육계 줄행랑을 놓다”: To run away in great haste. beat a hasty retreat To run away in great haste.

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“삼십육계를 놓다” — Beat a hasty retreat: Flee urgently.
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