English rendering be evenly matched Literal translation: “check and countercheck”
A figurative expression for two opponents being so evenly matched that the outcome is hard to decide, from expressions commonly used in Korean chess.
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suffer a humiliating setback To suffer a very humiliating defeat or setback. Browse in Hangul order.
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