No. 15,372 in Korean
벌과
"벌과" means "Punishment and" in English.
In a sentence
벌과 함께 꽃밭을 거닐다.
Stroll through the flower field with a bee.
In this sentence, '벌과' means 'with a bee'. '벌' is 'bee', and '과' is a particle indicating companionship or association.
아이들은 벌과 나비를 관찰하고 있었다.
The children were observing bees and butterflies.
Here, '벌과' enumerates 'bee' and another noun, 'butterfly'. '과' serves as a conjunctive particle meaning 'and'.
잘못을 하면 벌과 나쁜 결과를 받을 수 있다.
If one does wrong, they may receive punishment and bad consequences.
In this context, '벌' means 'punishment', and '과' links it to another noun, 'bad consequences', signifying 'and'.
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