“To have a big hand,” means to be liberal.
“A great blue sea,” refers to something very difficult, with no end to it and no way out of it.
A man who is “not known in all the eight coasts,” is an utter stranger.
A very sick person is “a man who holds disease in his arms.”
“A bag of diseases,” is a chronic patient
“Who can tell in seeing a crow flying whether it be male or female?” is a question referring to the impossible.
The numeral 10,000 (man) plays a great part in proverbial sayings as “10,000 times certain.” Corea is a “land of 10,000 peaks.” Certain success is “10,000 chances against one.” “To die 10,000 times and not be regretted,” is to be “worthy of 10,000 deaths.” Ten thousand sorrows means great grief. A mountain is “10,000 heights of a man high.” “Ten thousand strings of cash,” is a priceless amount. Man-nin are 10,000 people—all the people in the universe.
“To lose one’s hands,” is to make a fiasco.
A comet is an “arrow star.”
“A hundred battles make a veteran.”