초복
chobok
Noun
Definitions
chobok
The first of the three dog days of summer, days of midsummer heat around the 6th and 7th months of the lunar calendar; on this day, to avoid the heat, some people go to a mountain stream to play in the water while others eat nutritious foods like samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) to beat the heat.
음력 6월에서 7월에 있는 삼복 가운데 첫 번째 날. 이날은 더위를 이기기 위해 계곡을 찾아 물놀이를 즐기거나 보신탕 또는 삼계탕을 먹는다.
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