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Korean idiom One error ruins everything

일불이 살육통(殺六통)

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English rendering One error ruins everything Literal translation: “One failure kills six passes”

Meaning 1

한 가지 잘못으로 여섯 가지 일이 다 망쳐진다는 뜻으로, 한 가지 잘못으로 모든 것이 다 망쳐짐을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

Literally, one mistake ruins six things; figuratively, a single error spoils everything

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Meaning 2

과거 시험의 하나인 강경과에서, 경서 일곱 가운데서 육서에 합격하고도 일서에 불합격하면 낙제하게 됨을 이르던 말.

Formerly, in the scripture-recitation civil examination, failing one of seven classics meant overall failure even after passing the other six

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“일불이 살육통” — One error ruins everything: Literally, one mistake ruins six things; figuratively, a single error spoils everything
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