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PROVERB · HUMILITY

벼는 익을수록 고개를 숙인다

What it means · 뜻

The truly great stay humble.

Literal reading · 직역

The riper the rice, the lower it bows

Context

🎋 Humility — Korean proverbs in this family are said out loud, not just read. They arrive with the situation attached, which is why they are worth learning as whole sentences rather than as vocabulary.

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