🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

배신하는

Pronunciation / Transliteration: baeshinhaneun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
treacherous/ˈtrɛtʃərəs/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 배신하는 행동은 모든 사람을 놀라게 했다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.

    "A treacherous friend cannot be trusted with secrets."
  2. 2

    Hazardous because of presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers.

    "Driving through the mountains during the snowstorm was treacherous."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Middle English: from Old French tricherous, from trichier 'to trick', based on Latin tricari 'evade, shuffle'.

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