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Korean idiom A person of extraordinary longevity

삼천갑자 동방삭

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 삼천갑자 동방삭
  • 삼천갑자 동방삭

English rendering A person of extraordinary longevity Literal translation: “Dongfang Shuo of three thousand sixty-year cycles”

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중국 전한(前漢)의 동방삭이 갑자년(甲子年)을 삼천 번 겪으며 18만 살이나 살았다는 데서, 장수하는 사람을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

Figuratively, a long-lived person, from the story that Dongfang Shuo of China's Former Han lived through three thousand jiazi years and reached 180,000 years of age.

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“삼천갑자 동방삭” — A person of extraordinary longevity: Figuratively, a long-lived person, from the story that Dongfang Shuo of China's Former Han lived through three thousand jiazi years and reached 180,000 years of age.
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