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-(으)로서: Role/Status/Capacity Particle
2026-05-29
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Example Sentences#

  1. “내가 장주로서 나비가 되는 꿈을 꾼 것일까?1
    “Did I, as Zhuang Zhou, dream of becoming a butterfly?
    • 장주 is a proper noun referring to Zhuang Zhou, a Chinese philosopher.
    • 로서 is a particle indicating role, status, or capacity, meaning ‘as’ in this context.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from The Butterfly Dream Story.

-(으)로서: Role/Status/Capacity Particle
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