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April 1, 2007

만만하다

Filed under: Studying materials

Actually, there are 3 different ‘만만하다’ by dictionary.
They are 3 different words, which just happen to have same writing(letter).
1. 만만滿滿하다 full, abundant
2. 만만漫漫하다 endless, boring, monotonous
3. 만만하다 soft, tender, easy to deal with, negligible, easy, slight, insignificant

시간이 만만치 않게[만만찮게/만만하지 않게] 걸렸다
It took a lot of time.
그 사람 나이가 만만치 않다.
He is quite old.
1단계는 만만하다.
the first stage is easy.
그 사람 만만하게 보지 마라.
Don’t make light of him.






















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