헛걸음

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Korean

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Etymology

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(heot-, false; in vain) +‎ 걸음 (georeum, step)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heotgeoreum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heosgeol'eum
McCune–Reischauer?hŏtkŏrŭm
Yale Romanization?heskel.um

Noun

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헛걸음 (heotgeoreum)

  1. (idiomatic) fruitless undertaking
    고기 사러 갔는데 정육점 닫아서 헛걸음이었어.
    gogi-reul sareo ganneunde jeong'yukjeom-i mun-eul dadaseo heotgeoreum-ieosseo.
    We went to buy meat but the butcher's was closed, so it was a pointless trip.