Korean

Meaning: stone, rock; first birthday
Part of Speech: Noun

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Example sentences

I tripped over a stone on the road and fell.
길에서 예쁜 돌을 주웠어요.
I picked up a pretty stone from the street.
조선 시대에는 환곡에 돌을 섞어 분석하는 일이 있었다.
In the Joseon Dynasty, there was an act of mixing stones into hwan-gok (grain loans) for 'bunseok' (fraudulent grain distribution).
아이들이 연못에 돌을 퐁당퐁당 던지고 있다.
Children are throwing stones into the pond plop-plop.

Usage Notes

Refers to a piece of rock. It also means the first birthday of a baby, which is a major celebration in Korea.

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