설날

seolnal
NounTOPIK 1 - Beginner

Definitions

Seollal; Lunar New Year
One of the national holidays in Korea; on the first day of the year by the lunar calendar, families and relatives gather to hold an ancestral ritual called Charye, and the young perform Sebae, a traditional Korean bow, to their elders; people have tteokguk, sliced rice cake soup, and enjoy folk games such as yunnori, a traditional Korean family board game, as well as neolttwigi, riding a standing see-saw, and yeonnalligi, kiteflying.
한국의 명절의 하나. 음력 1월 1일로 아침에 가족과 친척들이 모여 차례를 지내고 어른들께 세배를 올린다. 떡국을 먹고 윷놀이, 널뛰기, 연날리기 같은 민속놀이를 즐기기도 한다.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.