구렁
Meanings
Noun
1. hole, pit, hollow, cavity (depression in the ground)
2. abyss, nadir, depths (figurative, figuratively)
Pronunciation
gureong
Examples2
구렁에 빠지다
to fall into a pit
아사달이 기쁨의 절정에 올랐다면 낙망의 구렁에 천길 만길 떨어지기는 묻지 않아도 팽개이리라.
Just when Asadal, [having taken Asanyeo as his wife], rose to great heights of joy, [the person who] abysmally fell to unfathomable depths of despair was, without question, Paenggae.