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Pronunciation / Transliteration: pandoraui sangjareul yeolda
"그 질문을 꺼낸 것은 판도라의 상자를 연 것과 같았다."
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To perform an action that small or seemingly harmless in itself, but which unexpectedly generates a vast and uncontrollable cascade of severe problems and complications.
"Changing the corporate policy seemed like a minor fix, but it opened a Pandora's box of legal liabilities."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek myth of Pandora, the first mortal woman who opened a jar containing all the miseries of humanity, releasing them into the world. The term evolved in modern European languages during the 16th and 17th centuries, shifting from literal mythological reference to a standard idiom denoting the unintended generation of complex troubles.
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ouvrir la boîte de Pandore
Transliteration: oov-rir la bwat de pahn-dor
"Cette décision risque d'ouvrir la boîte de Pandore."
die Büchse der Pandora öffnen
Transliteration: dee byksh der pan-do-ra oef-nen
"Mit diesem Gesetz hat die Regierung die Büchse der Pandora geöffnet."
aprire il vaso di Pandora
Transliteration: a-pri-re il va-zo di pan-do-ra
"Indagare su quel caso significa aprire il vaso di Pandora."
abrir la caja de Pandora
Transliteration: a-brir la ka-xa de pan-do-ra
"Hacer esa pregunta fue abrir la caja de Pandora."
abrir a caixa de Pandora
Transliteration: a-brir a ka-i-za dʒi pan-do-ra
"A nova lei acabou por abrir a caixa de Pandora."
मुसीबतों का पिटारा खोलना
Transliteration: museebaton ka pitara kholna
"इस बारे में बात करना मतलब मुसीबतों का पिटारा खोलना है।"
打开潘多拉的盒子
Transliteration: dǎ kāi pān duō lā de hé zi
"这项新政策可能会打开潘多拉的盒子。"
판도라의 상자를 열다
Transliteration: pandoraui sangjareul yeolda
"그 질문을 꺼낸 것은 판도라의 상자를 연 것과 같았다."
パンドラの箱を開ける
Transliteration: pandora no hako o akeru
"その問題に触れることは、パンドラの箱を開けるようなものだ。"
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