No. 9,242 in Korean
걸식을
"걸식을" means "begging for food."
In a sentence
그는 힘든 시기에 길에서 걸식을 하며 생계를 꾸렸다.
He made a living by begging on the streets during hard times.
In this sentence, '걸식을 하며' means 'while begging' and refers to the act of asking for food or money out of necessity.
걸식의 어려움을 이해하고 도움을 주기 위해 사람들이 모였다.
People gathered to understand the difficulties of begging and to provide help.
Here, '걸식의 어려움' refers to 'the difficulties of begging', using '걸식' as a noun describing the act of begging.
역사적 문헌에서 걸식을 생존 방법으로 선택한 사례를 찾을 수 있다.
In historical documents, examples can be found of choosing begging as a survival method.
In this case, '걸식을 생존 방법으로' signifies 'begging as a survival method,' suggesting the historical context in which it was seen as a means of survival.
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