철부지

Korean

철 (cheol, “maturity”) + 부지 (不知, buji, “not knowing”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	cheolbuji
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	cheolbuji
McCune–Reischauer^?	ch'ŏlbuji
Yale Romanization^?	chel.puci

철부지 • (cheolbuji)

kid, child (especially when emphasizing immaturity)
- 1962, Kim Seung'ok, 생명연습 [saengmyeong'yeonseup, Operation]:
  우리 를 철부지로 여기고 있었기 때문 일 것이다. 철부지에게 는 본능적인 의협심 이 행위 의 충동 이 되는 걸 로 형 은 생각했 을 것이다.
  Uri-reul cheolbuji-ro yeogigo isseotgi ttaemun-il geosida. Cheolbujiege-neun bonneungjeog-in uihyeopsim-i haeng'wi-ui chungdong-i doeneun geol-lo hyeong-eun saenggakhaesseul geosida.
  It must have been because he saw us as kids. My brother would have thought that an instinctive gallantry drove the actions of kids like us.
(colloquial) immature, naive, or childish person

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