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substitute

NounSino-Korean: 代身

  1. 1

    substitute

    A state in which a subject is newly responsible for something that another subject was responsible for; such a subject that is newly responsible.

    Korean definition: 어떤 대상이 맡던 구실을 다른 대상이 새로 맡음. 또는 그렇게 새로 맡은 대상.

    • After Father passed away, my older brother took his place for me.

    • Jisu asked her younger sibling if they could go to the meeting instead of her.

  2. 2

    A word used to indicate that the following content is different from or opposite to the previous content.

    Korean definition: 뒤에 나오는 내용이 앞말이 나타내는 내용과 다르거나 반대임을 나타내는 말.

    • Yumin is tall, but on the other hand she's fat.

    • He's good at studying, but in exchange he's bad at sports.