No. 5,747 in Korean
베어
"베어" means "to cut" or "to sever" in English.
In a sentence
그는 나무를 도끼로 베어 넘겼다.
He chopped down the tree with an axe.
In this sentence, '베어' comes from the verb '베다', meaning 'to cut'. It's used in the context of cutting or chopping something, showing an action toward an object.
곰은 깊은 산속에 베어 있다.
The bear resides deep in the mountain forest.
Here, '베어' represents a phonetic similarity to '곰', which means 'bear' in Korean, but primarily due to context, it can mean 'to reside' metaphorically in poetic usage.
나 자신의 마음을 베어 내다.
I detach my emotions on my own.
In this phrase, '베어' is metaphoric, again derived from '베다', a verb meaning 'to cut'. It symbolizes emotional or cognitive detachment or separation.
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