삼대
Meanings
Noun
1. three generations
2. the Three Greatnesses from the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana: 체대(體大) (chedae), 상대(相大) (sangdae) and 용대(用大) (yongdae).
3. synonym of 마경(麻莖) (magyeong, “hemp stalk”)
Pronunciation
samdae
Examples2
삼대 가는 부자 없다.
Wealth is never passed down more than three generations.
그래서 옛날에는 그걸 보고 안 알구면은 삼대가 망한다는구만
So if you didn't announce [the baby] then three generations of the family would suffer.