올해

olhae · TOPIK 1

this year

📅 올해 = 올 (this, the current) + 해 (year, also sun)

해 means both sun and year: one trip around the sun is one 해. 올 is a contraction marking the current one, so 올해 is this sun-cycle, this year. Compare 지난해 (last year) and 새해 (new year), which reuse the same 해.

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