Caveat: 좋은 일은 좋은 일로 보답을 받는 법

좋은       일은        좋은       일로     보답을      받는          법
good-PART work-TOPIC good-PART work-BY reward-OBJ receive-PART rule
The rule that a good deed receives a good reward through good work
“One good turn deserves another.” But I noticed this isn’t really a sentence – it’s a noun phrase centered on the noun 법 (rule) – it can also mean process. That’s something that’s striking about so many of these proverbs – they’re not grammatical sentences. This is true of English proverbs, too – e.g. “An eye for an eye” – there’s no verb, see? It can make them harder to figure out the translation.
If you’re feeling down, do something nice for someone.

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