Empathically Expressing Degree: (으)리만치

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Written byLee Min-jung (이민정)

A/V + (으)리만치 emphatically express the degree to which something is done or is true. It functions in a similar way to 을 정도로 and 만큼; it can be meant literally or metaphorically:

해빛이 반사된 유리창은 눈을 뜰 수 없으리만치 눈이 부셔요.

The sunlight reflected from the window was so bright it blinded my eyes.

10년 만에 고향이 놀라우리만치 발전했어요.

I'm surprised how much my hometown has developed in the last 10 years.

수능은 설명할 수 없으리만치 어려웠어요.

The CSAT was too difficult to explain.

이 기기의 이용방법은 어이 없으리만치 간단해요.

The way this device works is incredibly simple.

중국어는 믿을 수 없으리만치 복잡하지만 조금씩 적응돼요.

Chinese is unbelievably complicated, but I'm getting used to it.

한 치 앞도 안 보이리만치 짙은 안개가 꼈어요.

The fog was so dense that I couldn't see an inch ahead.

마라톤에 참가한 후에 한 걸음도 걸을 수 없으리만치 다리가 당기고 아프더라고요.

After I ran the marathon I couldn't walk a step because my legs hurt so much.

손끝 하나 까딱할 수 없으리만치 피곤했어요.

I was so tired that I couldn't even lift a finger.

아내의 당근 케이크는 눈물이 나리만치 맛이 있어요.

My wife's carrot cake is so tasty I could almost cry.

누구인지 못 알아보리만치 많이 늙었어요.

He'd aged so much I couldn't even recognise him.

지리산 꼭대기의 경치는 형용할 수 없으리만치 아름답더라고요.

The view from the top of Mt. Jiri is indescribably beautiful.

그 영화가 어렸을 때는 정말 볼 수 없으리만치 무서웠어요.

When I was young, the movie was so scary that I could barely.

여기에는 말로 다 할 수 없으리만치 재미있는 것들이 많아요.

There are so many fun things here that I can't say.

결혼식 때 아내는 눈을 뗄 수 없으리만치 아주 예뻐 보였어요.

At our wedding, my wife looked so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off her.

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