반세기

In a sentence

• 그는 반세기 동안 그 도시에서 살아왔다.

  He has lived in that city for half a century.

  반세기 is used to indicate the duration of fifty years in which the subject has lived in a location.

• 우리 회사는 반세기 이상 지속되어 왔습니다.

  Our company has been operating for over half a century.

  반세기 is used here to metaphorically express the long-standing history of the company over fifty years.

• 나는 반세기 전에 출판된 책을 읽고 있다.

  I am reading a book published half a century ago.

  반세기 is used to refer to the time period of fifty years ago, marking the age of the book.