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bubu · TOPIK 1

married couple

💍 夫婦 = husband (夫 bu) + wife (婦 bu): two bu's make one couple

Both hanja happen to be read bu in Korean, so the word is the same syllable twice, one for each spouse. Same compound as Chinese 夫妇 (fūfù) and Japanese 夫婦 (fūfu).

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