실례
silrye · TOPIK 1
excuse me
🙇 失禮 = lose (失) + manners (禮): a lapse of courtesy
Hanja 失 (실, lose) + 禮 (례, etiquette). Saying 실례합니다 literally means I am committing a discourtesy, which is why it works as excuse me. Same 失 as in 실수 (mistake) and same 禮 as in 예의 (manners).