🟣🔴🟠🟡🟢 어아가 - 착한 마음 활 되고 악한 마음 과녁된다

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The phrase "착한 마음 활 되고 악한 마음 과녁된다" translates directly and idiomatically into English as follows:

Direct Translation

"A good heart becomes the bow, and an evil heart becomes the target."

Idiomatic & Natural English Equivalents

This Korean proverb conveys the concept of karma—the idea that virtue protects you while wickedness brings harm upon itself.

Here are the best ways to express this meaning in English:

"Virtue is its own shield; wickedness is its own target."

"Good intentions protect, while evil intentions attract ruin."

"What goes around comes around." (A common idiom for karma)



"What goes around comes around"는 한국어의 "뿌린 대로 거둔다" 또는 "인과응보"와 같은 뜻입니다.

내가 남에게 베푼 행동이나 저지른 잘못이 결국 돌고 돌아서 결국 자기 자신에게 다시 돌아온다는 의미를 담고 있습니다.


Vocabulary Breakdown

착한 마음 (Chak-han ma-eum): Good heart / Kind mind

활 (Hwal): Bow (weapon)

악한 마음 (Ak-han ma-eum): Evil heart / Wicked mind

과녁 (Gwa-nyeok): Target / Bullseye