No. 5,810 in Korean
부도
"부도" means "bankruptcy" or "dishonor of a financial obligation."
In a sentence
그 회사는 최근에 부도를 맞았다.
That company recently went bankrupt.
In this context, '부도' refers to the financial state of bankruptcy of the company.
우리의 계획은 자금 부족으로 사실상 부도가 날 위기에 처했다.
Our plan is at risk of effectively failing due to lack of funds.
Here, '부도' metaphorically describes the failure of a plan or endeavor due to insufficient resources.
은행은 어음 부도를 처리하는 절차를 준비하고 있다.
The bank is preparing procedures for dealing with dishonored bills.
In this sentence, '부도' is used in the context of 'dishonored bills', referring to situations where financial documents are not honored for payment.
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