무려

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 無慮, from 無 (“without”) + 慮 (“worry”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	muryeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mulyeo
McCune–Reischauer^?	muryŏ
Yale Romanization^?	mulye

무려 • (muryeo) (hanja 無慮)

as many as, as much as, no less than (denoting an unexpectedly large number)
Synonym: 자그마치 (jageumachi)

오늘 운 이 좋은 이 어부 는 오징어 를 무려 열 마리 잡았다.
Oneul un-i jo'eun i eobu-neun ojing'eo-reul muryeo yeol mari jabatda.
This lucky fisherman caught as many as ten squids today.

최근 사천성 삼성퇴 유적지 에서 무려 3000년 전 의 황금 가면 이 발굴되었다.
Choegeun Sacheonseong Samseongtoe yujeokji-eseo muryeo samcheonnyeon jeon-ui hwanggeum gamyeon-i balguldoeeotda.
Recently, in the archaeological site of Sanxingdui, Sichuan Province, a golden mask from no less than three thousand years ago was discovered.
- 1962, Kim Seung'ok, 생명연습 [saengmyeong'yeonseup, Operation]:
  내가 그 집 을 찾는 데 무려 두 시간 이나 걸린 것 은 오로지 비 탓 이었다.
  Naega geu jib-eul channeun de muryeo du siganina geollin geos-eun oroji bi tas-ieotda.
  It was solely because of the rain that it took me no less than two hours to find that house.
(proscribed) none other than, no other than (denoting an unexpected occurrence or entity)
그 는 무려 적국 에게 개입 을 요청했다.
Geu-neun muryeo jeokgug-ege gaeib-eul yocheonghaetda.
He requested the intervention of no other than the enemy country.

무려 • (muryeo) (hanja 無慮)