2019-10-01

Let's learn about "점입가경", a proverb from a Korea Newspaper

<a proverb from a Korea Newspaper>

점입가경(漸入佳境) : [명사(Noun)] 들어갈수록 점점 재미가 있음; 갈수록 더욱 좋거나 재미있는 경지(境地)로 들어감, 또는 그 모양.

점 : [1] [adv] more and more; [2] [v] soak; permeate [3] [v] reach (said of the territory)
입 : enter jnto
가 : [1] good; beautiful; fine [2] auspicious [3] distinguished
경 : [1] [n] boundary; frontier; border [2] [n] place; area; region [3] [n] state; situation; circumstances [3] [n] scenery; scene

점입가경하다 : approach a climax; get more interesting; grow in fascination.

[예(ex)]

1) 이야기가 점입가경이다 : the story become more and more interesting

2) 그 사건은 그야말로 점입가경이다 : the accident become more and more interesting, the incident goes more serious

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