Korean slang profile
백견백락
baekgyeonbaekrak
Enjoyable every time it is seen
An expression emphasizing enjoyment: a hundred viewings bring a hundred pleasures.
- Expanded form
- 백 번 보고 백 번 즐겁다백 번 보고 백 번 즐겁다 (see it a hundred times and enjoy it a hundred times)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
계속 보아도 즐거운 작품을 두고 백견백락이라고 표현했다.
I called a work enjoyable on every viewing 백견백락.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “백견백락”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Introduced as an expression using the form of a four-character idiom to convey pleasure in viewing. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 31쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026