Have you ever offered flowers to a man you care about? If not, it’s worth trying. He will not forget it for his entire life, all the more because it’s unexpected, unconventional, and special. The name of the flower will be ingrained in his brain. And when left alone, he may even draw them or keep the petals in his scrapbook. Even a tyrant does it.
Here are a few Korean names of flowers. Your Korean friends may call them by English names. Why don’t you tell them back in pure Korean names? They will be amazed and easily connect with you.
clover 토끼풀
cosmos 살살이꽃
dandelion 민들레
iris [Level A2]
ivy 담쟁이
lily 백합, 나리
lotus 연꽃
marigold 금잔화
orchid 난초
pansy 삼색제비꽃
poppy 양귀비
sunflower 해바라기
violet 제비꽃
This marvelous scene from Bon Appétit Your Majesty (2025), set in a pleasantly warm and nostalgic, light sepia toneaccentuating the amazing sunlight after a rain, inspires many of us to bring something or someone out of deep memories. Among many others, the dreamy melody from Pudditorium’s (mostly) instrumental piece titled “재회 Meet Again” (2009) was one of the things I remembered. While making this video, I found the music perfectly syncing with the cinematography of top-level artistry, so magically that I didn’t even have to edit it. So please enjoy. And if you have someone in your life that you have avoided meeting again so far, for any reason, why don’t you reconsider? Even the worst tyrant in the history of a nation deserves to meet the whole world again, alive and kicking in a groundbreaking fantasy drama crafted by descendants of his once-subjects, after more than 500 years.
Level A1: At 1:07 of the video, Im Yoon-ah, the royal chef, calls the flower an iris. How would you write it (transliterate) in 한글, as it sounds?
Level A2: At 1:20, Lee Chae-min, the tyrant, calls the flower by an original Korean name, and she repeats it, since she is supposedly a “new generation” Korean from the future, who doesn’t know the word. What is the Korean word for iris?
Hint: The compound noun consists of two monosyllabic Korean words: 1) a brush (for calligraphy); 2) a flower.
Level A2: At 2:19, Lee Chae-min quotes a well-known Korean proverb, where you can visualize two animals, a cat and a mouse, confronting each other. What are the Korean words for them?
Level B2: 다음 중 위에 언급한 속담의 본래의 뜻을 맞게 표현한 것은 무엇입니까?
a. Someone with enough power to even hurt me pretends to be nice and kind towards me.
b. Once a carnivore, always a carnivore.
c. Everyone, even a cute and pretty person, always craves his or her favorite food.
d. Sometimes a strong person may fall in love with a weaker person.
e. Somebody is getting ready to hunt for a victim.
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