샘
Meanings
Noun
1. spring, fountain (source of water) (also figuratively, figuratively)
2. gland (anatomy)
3. jealousy; envy
Pronunciation
saem
Examples6
샘이 나다
to become jealous
젊음의 샘
The Fountain of Youth
내가 죽거들랑 내 목을 비가 저 샘에 갖다 옇라.
If I die cut my throat and place me in the spring.
청에로 부석에다 여놓고 그래 샘이 물로 이고 오거든.
[So she] placed the herring in the kitchen and carried the water from the stream on her head [back home].
어머니는 터울이 져서 그런지 누나들이 샘도 없고, 동생을 잘 돌봐 준다고 항상 칭찬했는데, 자꾸 칭찬을 받으니까 정말 샘을 낼 수도 없었다.
Mother always complimented them, saying that the older sisters weren't jealous and took good care of their little brother, maybe because of the age difference. They were complimented so much that they couldn't actually try and be jealous of him.
콸콸 솟는 샘
a gushing spring