Jump to content

미련

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Korean

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 未練 (miren, reluctance to let go).

Pronunciation

[edit]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miryeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?milyeon
McCune–Reischauer?miryŏn
Yale Romanization?milyen

Noun

[edit]

미련 (miryeon) (hanja 未練)

  1. lingering attachment, persistent affection
    그녀는 이별 후에도 그의 미련을 버리지 못했다.
    Geunyeo-neun ibyeol hu-e-do geu-ui miryeon-eul beoriji mothaetda.
    She couldn't let go of her attachment to him even after their breakup.

Etymology 2

[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miryeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?milyeon
McCune–Reischauer?miryŏn
Yale Romanization?milyen

Noun

[edit]
Derived verbs
Active 미련하다

미련 (miryeon)

  1. pigheadedness, stubbornness, obstinacy
    Synonyms: 매련 (maeryeon), 우둔(愚鈍) (udun), 우매(愚昧) (umae), 우미(愚迷) (umi), 혼미(昏迷) (honmi)

Etymology 3

[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 尾聯 / 尾联 (wěilián, final lines of the Chinese lüshi).

Pronunciation

[edit]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?miryeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?milyeon
McCune–Reischauer?miryŏn
Yale Romanization?milyen

Noun

[edit]

미련 (miryeon) (hanja 尾聯)

  1. (poetry) the seventh and eighth lines of a 율시 (律詩, yulsi, “Chinese eight-line verse”)
    Synonym: 결련(結聯) (gyeollyeon)
    Holonym: 율시(律詩) (yulsi)
    Coordinate terms: 수련(首聯) (suryeon), 함련(頷聯) (hamnyeon), 경련(頸聯) (gyeongnyeon)