Let's learn about "흠"

* 흠 has the following meanings

1. [=비웃는 소리] pooh !; pish !; pshaw !; humph !; huh !

- 흠 웃다 : laugh[smile] scornfully / jeer 

2. [欠] flaw; defect; a scar

1) [물건(a thing)] a crack; a flaw; a disfigurement; a scratch; a speck; [과일(fruit)] a bruise

- 찻잔의 가장자리에 난 흠 : a nick in the lip[rim] of a teacup

- 오지 그릇에 난 흠 : a crack in pottery

- 흠이 있는 : flawed / cracked / disfigured / bruised

- 흠이 없는 : flawless / perfect

- 흠이 생기다 : flaw / [=금] crack / [과일(fruit)] bruise

• 금 : [high pitch short sound] crack

• 금 : [low pitch long sound] gold

- (찻잔 등이) 흠이 있다 : have a flaw[crack]

- 이 꽃병에는 흠이 있다 : This vase is cracked. / There is a crack in the vase

- 이것은 흠이 있으니 싸게 드리지요 : As these are defective goods I will part with them dirt cheap

2) [=결점] a fault; a defect; a flaw; a blemish; a mar; a stain; a blur

- 그의 경력에 있어서의 흠 : a blemish on his record

- 말 많은 것이 그녀의 가장 큰 흠이다 : Her great fault is talking too much

- 흠(이) 없는 사람은 없다 : Nobody is perfect

- 누구나 흠은 있다 : Everyone has his foibles

- 흠을 말하자면 그녀는 피부가 조금 검다 : If she has any defect, it is that her complexion is a little too dark

- 그에게는 흠이 없다 : He is free from faults

3) [=상처 자국] a scar; a cicatrice; a cicatrix

- 그의 얼굴에 흠이 있다 : He has[bears] a scar on his face