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Korean idiom turn one’s back on the world

Idioms linked to “세상01” · Linked dictionary word

세상을 등지다

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  • 세상을 등지다

English rendering turn one’s back on the world Literal translation: “turn one’s back on the world”

Meaning 1

깊은 산속 같은 데에 들어가 사회와 인연을 끊고 살다.

To enter a place such as deep mountains and live cut off from society.

Dictionary example 1

세상을 등지고 산에 들어가 머리를 깎고 중이 되었다.

He turned his back on the world, went into the mountains, shaved his head, and became a monk.
Meaning 2

생명이 없어지거나 끊어지는 것을 완곡하게 이르는 말.

A euphemistic expression for to die.

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‘죽다01’를 완곡하게 이르는 말.

Dictionary example 1

그는 오랜 투병 생활 끝에 세상을 등지고 말았다.

After a long struggle with illness, he departed this life.

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“세상을 등지다” — turn one’s back on the world: To enter a place such as deep mountains and live cut off from society.
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