약국

yakguk · TOPIK 1

pharmacy

💊🏪 약국 = 약 (藥 medicine) + 국 (局 office/bureau): the medicine bureau

약 means medicine on its own (감기약 = cold medicine), and 국 is the same bureau/office ending found in 우체국 (post office) and 방송국 (broadcasting station). Sound hook: yak-guk — a yak with a cough goes to the yakguk.

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