No. 517 in Korean
통산
"통산" means "total" or "overall" in English, often used in contexts like summing up or calculating a total.
In a sentence
그는 통산 30개의 메달을 획득했습니다.
He has acquired a total of 30 medals.
Here, '통산' is used to mean 'in total', summarizing the cumulative amount.
이번 대회에서 통산 다섯 번째 우승을 기록했다.
He recorded his fifth championship in total at this event.
In this usage, '통산' emphasizes a cumulative record or achievement count.
그 역사는 통산 천년 이상 거슬러 올라간다.
The history goes back over a thousand years in total.
In this context, '통산' describes an approximate summation or totality of temporal duration.
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