In Korean, there are 2 types of proverbs: normal proverbs and 4 worded proverbs.
I talked about the normal proverbs in the previous biweekly report, so go take a look at that if you are curious.
There are many 4 worded proverbs in Korean. For example, 일석이조 means killing 2 birds with 1 stone. 일 is one, 석 is stone, 이 means two, and 조 means bird. Combining all these together, you get killing 2 birds with 1 stone. There are many other 4 worded proverbs in Korean that have similar meanings with the normal proverbs. It's very interesting to see proverbs being made in just 4 words.
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