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dongnip[동닙]Intermediate · TOPIK II

independence

NounSino-Korean: 獨立

  1. 1

    independence

    The state or quality of not depending on or being bound to others.

    Korean definition: 남에게 의존하거나 매여 있지 않음.

    • To become independent from your parents, you must first achieve financial independence.

    • My older sister told our parents that once she got a job she would live on her own.

  2. 2

    independence

    An independent existence without being attached to or included in another thing.

    Korean definition: 다른 것에 붙어 있거나 속해 있지 않고 독자적으로 존재함.

    • One university hospital set up its pediatric ward in a separate building to care for children separately.

    • Public health centers are run by the state, but rather than belonging to public agency buildings, they operate as independent facilities in each region.

  3. 3

    independence

    The possession of its own complete sovereignty by one country.

    Korean definition: 한 나라가 완전한 주권을 가짐.

    • On the Korean Peninsula there are two independent states, South Korea and North Korea.

    • Independence activists campaigned with all their might at home and abroad for the nation's independence.