화룡점정

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 畵龍點睛 (“to draw dragons and dot in the eyes”). See Chinese 畫龍點睛／画龙点睛 (huàlóngdiǎnjīng) for more.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)ɾjoŋd͡ʑʌ̹md͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [화(ː)룡점정]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwaryongjeomjeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwalyongjeomjeong
McCune–Reischauer?hwaryongjŏmjŏng
Yale Romanization?hwālyongcemceng

Noun

화룡점정 • (hwaryongjeomjeong) (hanja 畵龍點睛)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) finishing touch; coup de grâce
    그 승전은 노장의 50년 전장 인생의 화룡점정 격이었다.
    Geu seungjeon-eun nojang-ui osimnyeon jeonjang insaeng-ui hwaryongjeomjeong gyeog-ieotda.
    That victory was like the coup de grâce of the old general's fifty years of battlefield life.
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