상선벌악

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 賞善罰惡 (“rewarding good and punishing evil”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠ŋsʰʌ̹nbʌ̹ɾa̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [상선버락]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sangseonbeorak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sangseonbeol'ag
McCune–Reischauer?sangsŏnbŏrak
Yale Romanization?sangsenpel.ak

Noun

상선벌악 • (sangseonbeorak) (hanja 賞善罰惡)

  1. (Catholicism, four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) God rewarding the good and punishing the wicked
    Synonym: (in non-Catholic contexts) 권선징악(勸善懲惡) (gwonseonjing'ak)
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