No. 16,540 in Korean
사라지거나
"To disappear or vanish."
In a sentence
사랑은 사라지거나 더욱 강해질 수 있습니다.
Love can either fade away or grow stronger.
In this sentence, '사라지거나' conveys the possibility of fading or disappearing concerning love, contrasting with the alternative possibility '더욱 강해질'. It is part of a conjunctive form illustrating outcomes using '거나'.
그의 이름이 기억에서 사라지거나 새로운 기억으로 대체됩니다.
His name fades from memory or is replaced with new memories.
Here, '사라지거나' is used to describe the act of disappearing from memory as one possible outcome, paired with the conjunctive '거나' linking two alternative scenarios.
별이 하늘에서 빛나기를 멈추고 사라지거나, 새로운 별이 나타날 수도 있습니다.
The star stops shining in the sky and either disappears, or new stars may appear.
'사라지거나' denotes the potential disappearance of stars following their cessation of shining, connecting it with a subsequent possibility using '거나' as a conjunctive form.
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