출발하다

chulbalhada · TOPIK 1

to depart, to set off

🚆 出發 = go out (출) + launch (발) + 하다 (to do)

출 (出) means out, as in 출구 (exit). 발 (發) means launch or send off, as in 발사 (firing a rocket). Add 하다, to do, and you get do an out-launch: to depart. Same hanja as Chinese 出发 and Japanese 出発.

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