No. 5,929 in Korean
사서
"Librarian."
In a sentence
사서가 도서관에서 책을 정리하고 있어요.
The librarian is organizing books in the library.
In this sentence, '사서' refers to a librarian, the professional person managing and organizing books in a library.
나는 친구 생일 선물로 책을 사서 포장했어요.
I bought a book as a gift for my friend's birthday and wrapped it.
Here, '사서' is used as a verb conjugated form of '사다' (to buy) combined with '-서', indicating the action of buying something.
무모하게 행동하다가 문제를 사서 도리어 어려워졌어요.
Acting recklessly caused problems and complicated the situation.
In this case, '사서' metaphorically means 'to incur' or 'bring upon oneself', denoting how one's actions can attract negative consequences.
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