Explore how Korean neologisms use the ‘four-character aura’ of traditional sajaseong-eo to turn modern slang into profound mini-philosophies of life.

‘할많하않’ is simply an abbreviation of “할 말은 많지만 하지 않는다,” which means, “I have a lot to say but I won’t.” It’s one of the example where a plain sentence gained a deeper meaning and became a thing when people abbreviated it. Traditionally, Koreans use a lot of four character idioms that originated from…