🎊 2025 Year of the Snake Special

50 Best New Year Korean Idioms

Thoughtful New Year greetings for family, colleagues, and friends. Learn the perfect idioms for 2025.

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What is 2025 Year of the Snake?

The Year of the Snake (을사년) symbolizes wisdom and transformation. Those born in Snake years are considered intelligent. The element of Wood (乙) represents growth and development, making it perfect for setting new goals.

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Idioms for Luck & Blessings

萬事亨通 (만사형통)

Everything goes smoothly as wished

萬事如意 (만사여의)

All things go as you wish

吉祥如意 (길상여의)

Good fortune and wishes fulfilled

福祿壽 (복록수)

Blessings, prosperity, and longevity

多福多壽 (다복다수)

Many blessings and long life

家和萬事成 (가화만사성)

Harmony at home brings success in all things

笑門萬福來 (소문만복래)

Countless blessings come to a house filled with laughter

萬福之源 (만복지원)

The source of all blessings

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Idioms for Success & Growth

立身揚名 (입신양명)

Rise in life and make your name known

飛龍乘天 (비룡승천)

Rise greatly like a dragon ascending to heaven

靑出於藍 (청출어람)

The student surpasses the master

乘勝長驅 (승승장구)

Continuing forward with winning momentum

百尺竿頭 (백척간두)

Reaching for even higher achievements

日就月將 (일취월장)

Growing and improving day by day, month by month

登龍門 (등용문)

Gateway to success

大器晩成 (대기만성)

Great achievements take time

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Idioms for Health & Longevity

無病長壽 (무병장수)

Long life without illness

壽福康寧 (수복강녕)

Longevity, blessings, health, and peace

萬壽無疆 (만수무강)

May you live forever

益壽延年 (익수연년)

Extending life and living long

長命富貴 (장명부귀)

Long life with wealth and honor

身體髮膚 (신체발부)

Cherishing the body received from parents

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Idioms for Family & Workplace

送舊迎新 (송구영신)

📌 Most basic New Year greeting

Farewell to the old year, welcome the new

有終之美 (유종지미)

📌 Perfect for year-end greetings

A beautiful ending

希望燦爛 (희망찬란)

📌 Great for first New Year greeting

Brilliant hope shining

同心協力 (동심협력)

📌 For colleagues

Working together with one heart

和氣藹藹 (화기애애)

📌 For family

Full of harmonious atmosphere

百年佳約 (백년가약)

📌 For couples

A promise to be together for 100 years

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Year's Idiom by Year

The "Idiom of the Year" selected annually by Kyosu Shinmun reflects the social atmosphere of Korea.

2025년

變動不居 (변동불거)

Constantly changing, never staying in one place

2024년

跳梁跋扈 (도량발호)

Abusing power and running wild

2023년

厚顔無恥 (후안무치)

Shameless and thick-skinned

2022년

過而不改 (과이불개)

Making mistakes but not correcting them

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