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challenge

NounSino-Korean: 挑戰

  1. 1

    challenge

    An act of standing up to and picking a fight with someone.

    Korean definition: 정면으로 맞서서 싸움을 걺.

    • He decided to challenge last year's champion.

    • He finds it hard to bear being challenged by others.

  2. 2

    challenge

    (figurative) An act of facing difficulties in order to obtain a valuable or targeted thing.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 가치 있는 것이나 목표한 것을 얻기 위해 어려움에 맞섬.

    • Director Jeong's new challenge is drawing attention both inside and outside the film industry.

    • Without continued challenges to existing theories, there will be no advancement in scholarship either.