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오히려-차라리-도리어
Could you please explain each of The words by giving some examples.thanks in advance .
Jul 30, 2016 5:10 PM
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오히려-차라리-도리어
- 차라리: instead of that; rather than that; forget about that and ...
- 오히려(외려), 도리어(되레): on the contrary; quite to the contrary; for quite the opposite.
오히려 and 도리어 are about the same, but 도리어 might be used more for real life actions and situations while 오히려 is more general.
- 이걸 고치느라 고생하는 것보다 [고생할 바에야, 고생하느니] 차라리 새 걸 사자.
=> Rather than taking pains to fix this, let's just buy a new one instead.
- 도와주려고 한 일인데 도리어[되레] 나를 원망한다.
=> I did it to help him but he turns around and blames me.
- 긴 세월을 가르친 그의 제자는 이제 오히려[외려] 그보다 더 낫다.
=> His apprentice of a long time has now gotten even better than him.
And here are real life examples from song lyrics:
- 차라리 나를 모른다고 말해 줘 => I'd rather you say you don't know me ("사랑 안 해").
- 도리어 내가 더 미안해 버렸어 => But then I got even sorrier on my part ("잠시 길을 잃다")
- 미운 건 오히려 나였어 => I ended up hating myself instead. ("회상").
July 30, 2016
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