삼라만상

삼라만상

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 森羅萬象, from 森羅 (“all-covering forest”) + 萬象 (“ten thousand things”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠mna̠ma̠nsʰa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangeul: [삼나만상]

Revised Romanization? samnamansang Revised Romanization (translit.)? samlamansang McCune–Reischauer? samnamansang Yale Romanization? samlamansang

Noun

삼라만상 • (samnamansang) (hanja 森羅萬象)

1. (literary, poetic or Buddhist) all the myriad things in the world
   • 2018, 박영수, “언어의 연금술사들 [Alchemists of the word]”, in 계간 모:든시, volume 3, pages 96—101:

     시인은 우주 삼라만상 속을 마음대로 드나들면서, 인간의 마음속을 핀셋으로 마음대로 헤집어 보면서

     siineun uju samnamansang sogeul ma-eumdaero deunadeulmyeonseo, in-ganui ma-eumsogeul pinseseuro ma-eumdaero hejibeo bomyeonseo

     The poet freely ventures in and out of the myriad things of the world; they rummage freely with a tweezer the hearts of humanity

   Synonyms: 만물(萬物) (manmul), 만유(萬有) (manyu)