침소봉대

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 針小棒大 (“[speaking of] the smallness of a needle [as] the largeness of a club”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰi(ː)msʰo̞bo̞ŋdɛ] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰi(ː)msʰo̞bo̞ŋde̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [침(ː)소봉대/침(ː)소봉데]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chimsobongdae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chimsobongdae
McCune–Reischauer?ch'imsobongdae
Yale Romanization?chīmsopongtay

Noun

침소봉대 • (chimsobongdae) (hanja 針小棒大)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) speaking with great exaggeration
    Synonyms: 견문발검(見蚊拔劒), 노승발검(怒蠅拔劒)
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