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relic; remains; antiquity

NounSino-Korean: 遺物

  1. 1

    relic; remains; antiquity

    Things left by people who lived in former ages.

    Korean definition: 앞선 시대에 살았던 사람들이 후대에 남긴 물건.

    • If not managed carefully, relics can easily be damaged.

    • Through our ancestors' relics, we can guess what life was like at that time.

  2. 2

    memento; legacy

    An article left by the departed, which was used by him/her when he/she was alive.

    Korean definition: 죽은 사람이 살아 있을 때 사용하다 남긴 물건.

    • My mother always wears the ring my grandmother left her as a keepsake.

    • Jisu carefully took her grandfather's watch out of the box of keepsakes.

  3. 3

    remnant

    (figurative) A system, ideology, or custom of a former age, which is not useful anymore.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 이제는 쓸모가 없어진 이전 시대의 제도나 이념이나 습관.

    • The idea of preferring sons has become a relic of a bygone era.

    • As mobile phones have increased, public phones seem to have become relics.