0 해는 똑같은데 왜?Same sun — why?
'Why is summer hot and winter cold? It's the same sun.' 'Because the Earth circles the sun slightly tilted.' 'Tilted? The Earth is crooked?' 'Is crooked good?'
Sino-Korean · 한자어
春夏秋冬 — 봄 여름 가을 겨울
해는 똑같은데 왜 여름은 덥고 겨울은 추워요? — 춘하추동(春夏秋冬), 삐딱한 지구
Same sun — why hot summers and cold winters? — 春夏秋冬 and a tilted Earth
문증 what the dictionary records
입춘(立春)·하복(夏服)·추석(秋夕)·동면(冬眠). 한자·독음은 표준국어대사전·우리말샘 원어 칸.
- 우리말샘 春夏秋冬·立春·夏服·秋夕·冬眠
1 춘하추동 — 글자에 그려진 계절Seasons drawn in the characters
春 — grass sprouting under the sun. 夏 — a person standing tall, the longest days. 秋 — rice glowing like fire. 冬 — frozen ice. The seasons are drawn in the characters.
2 삐딱한 지구, 호주의 여름 크리스마스A tilted Earth, Christmas in summer
Tilted toward the sun: summer. Tilted away: winter. So when it's summer here, it's winter in Australia. 'Christmas in summer?!'
3 입춘·하복·추석·동면Spring's start, summer clothes, Chuseok, hibernation
立春 spring stands up. 夏服 summer clothes. 秋夕 autumn evening — Chuseok. 冬眠 winter sleep. 'Bears hibernate; I wear summer clothes!'
4 삐딱한 게 좋을 때도Sometimes tilted is good
'Seasons change because the Earth is tilted. Crooked, and we're grateful.' 'Sometimes crooked is good!'
사계절은 지구가 기울어서, 춘하추동 네 글자였어요.