꽃길
kkot-gil · literally “Flower road”
♪ From the song 꽃 길 (“Flower Road”) by BIGBANG, 2018
Situation: A Korean friend writes 꽃길만 걸으세요 in your farewell card, and AI translates it.
✕ What AI tells you
Gives 'Please only walk on flower roads', which sounds like strange advice about gardens.
Why it fails: 꽃길 is a happy, smooth path through life. 꽃길만 걸으세요 means 'I wish you nothing but good things ahead' — a warm wish for graduations, new jobs, weddings, and from fans to their idols. BIGBANG's 2018 song 꽃 길 (English title 'Flower Road') uses the word.
✓ How it's used
Read 꽃길 as 'a happy future'. Use 꽃길만 걸으세요 in cards; 꽃길만 걷자 with friends.
앞으로 꽃길만 걸으세요.
a-peu-ro kkot-gil-man geo-reu-se-yo
Polite wish in a card or speech: 'Wishing you only good things ahead'
우리 꽃길만 걷자!
u-ri kkot-gil-man geot-ja
Between friends or from fans: 'Here's to happy days ahead!'
가시밭길
ga-si-bat-gil
The opposite: a thorny road, a hard and painful path
Cultural nuance, in depth
꽃길 works for any big transition, so it's a safe phrase for a Korean colleague's farewell card. In fandom, fans often write it when a group debuts or signs a new contract.
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