대화

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conversation, dialogue

💬 對話 = face each other (對) + talk (話): talk facing each other

대 (對) means to face or respond, as in 대답 (answer). 화 (話) means speech, as in 전화 (telephone, electric speech). Put together, 대화 is speech that goes back and forth between people facing each other: a conversation.

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