지척의 의미 | Babel Free

예문

“부모님이 지척에 계신데도 만나뵙기 어렵다.”

It is difficult to see my parents even though they are very nearby.

“이곳은 중공업도시라 지척에 깔린 게 공장이다.”

This place is a heavy industries-focused city, so factories are everywhere nearby.

“山川이 어둡거니 日月을 엇디 보며 / 咫尺을 모ᄅᆞ거든 千里ᄅᆞᆯ ᄇᆞ라보랴.”

Since the hills and streams are dark, how am I to see the sun and moon / And since I do not know what is nearby, how shall I gaze a thousand leagues away?

“靑天 구름 박긔 놉히 ᄯᅥᆺᄂᆞᆫ 白松骨이 / 四方 千里를 咫尺만 너기ᄂᆞᆫᄃᆡ”

The white falcon soaring beyond the blue sky's clouds / considers a thousand leagues in all directions to be close by

“그런데 정작 우리 사는 곳 지척에 있는 건물을 누가 어떻게 지었는지에 대해서는 관심이 없다.”

But really, we are not interested in who built the buildings that exist very close to where we live, and how.