대사관

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embassy

대사관 — embassy

🏛️ 大使館 = big (대) + envoy (사) + building (관): the great envoy's hall

대사 (大使) alone means ambassador, literally great envoy. 관 (館) is the building suffix also found in 도서관 (library) and 박물관 (museum). So 대사관 is simply the ambassador's building.

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