Let's learn about "막"

1. 막 has the following meanings

1)  [=방금] just; just[right] at the moment; just now

- 막 …하려 하다 : be about to / be ready to / be on the point[edge / verge] of

- 막 시작하다 : be going[about] / begin

- 내가 책을 막 읽기 시작하자 그가 들어왔다 : Just as I began[was beginning] to read a book, he came in

- 열차는 막 출발하려 하고 있었다 : The train was about to leave[on the point of leaving]

2. 막 : [幕] has the following meanings

1) [=임시로 지은 집] a temporary shed[shelter]; a booth; a shack; a hut; a shed

- 원두막 : a look-out shed

- 막을 짓다 : put up a booth[shed]

2) [=장막] a curtain; a hanging screen; hanging; [=천막] a tent

- 막을 치다 : stretch a curtain

- 막을 열다 : (위로) raise the curtain / (옆으로) draw the curtain (aside)

- 막을 닫다 : ( 아래로) drop the curtain / (옆으로) close the curtain

- 막을 올리다 : raise a curtain

- 막을 내리다 : lower / let down a curtain

- 막을 거두다 : fold up a tent

- 막을 옆으로 당기다 : pull[draw] aside a curtain

- 3시에 막이 열린다 : The curtain rises at three o'clock

- 마지막 막이 내렸다 : The curtain fell on the last scene

3) [=연극의 단락] an act

- 단막극 : a one-act play / a play in one act

- 제1막 제2장 : Act I, Scene 2

- 3막 6장의 : in three acts and six scenes

- 제2막이 방금 시작되었다 : The second act has just begun

4) [=끝장] an end; a close; a conclusion

- 전쟁의 막을 내리다 : put an end to the war

- 연극은 슬픈 장면에서 막이 내렸다 : The play ended with a sad scene

- 이것으로 3개월간에 걸친 노동 쟁의가 막을 내렸다 : This ended a labor dispute extending over three months

- 그 긴 이야기도 마침내 막을 내렸다 : The long story has at last come to an end[been played out]