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지경

point, state, condition

t͡ɕ i ɡ j ʌ̹ ŋ
noun Rare #29,637
point, state, condition Usually used in the pattern -(으)ㄹ 지경이다 to mean being at the point of doing or experiencing something, often because of an extreme situation.
KO: 너무 피곤해서 쓰러질 지경이에요.
EN: I’m so tired I’m at the point of collapsing.

불쌍한 호세 아저씨 누가 저 지경 만들었지?

Poor Mr. Jose—who put him in that state?

— 벌집의 정령 (1973)

“미칠 지경 이었어요.”

I was going crazy.