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B1 Korean listening practice · Standard Korean · Curated for intermediate learners
What does 소원성취 mean in Korean?
소원성취 (sowonseongchwi) means 'wish fulfilled': 소원 is wish, 성취 is achievement. Koreans use it for everything from a four-leaf clover paying off, to a lottery ticket hitting, to a Buddhist temple visit on New Year’s Day. The phrase carries no irony. It works the way a dream come true does in English, but with broader range, from a small daily wish to a years-long goal.
In this clip, two characters chase the northern lights. She’d been collecting four-leaf clovers as a luck charm and worried her bad-mouthing him over text might have caused his car accident. When the aurora finally appears, both admit they’d been wishing for it: « 우리 소원성취했네요 » (we got our wish).
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- ▸On Korean New Year’s broadcasts about Buddhist temple visits and 해돋이 (sunrise) wish ceremonies by KBS and SBS
- ▸In Korean variety shows like Running Man (런닝맨) on SBS and 1 Night 2 Days (1박 2일) on KBS, when guests share what they wished for
- ▸On Korean idol fancams and concert reviews on Soompi and allkpop when fans realize a long-held wish
- ▸In K-drama climactic scenes when a character finally gets what they’ve been hoping for