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- 수고하세요
번역되지 않는 말 · Hard to translate
수고하세요 sugohaseyo
literally “please keep up the hard work”
thanks and goodbye to someone still working
Leaving a shop or an office, Koreans often say 수고하세요, "please keep up the hard work", to the person still working. It is thanks and goodbye in one, a nod to the effort the other person is still putting in. (To a boss or an elder, many find it a little presumptuous.) English says "have a good one" or "thanks", and both leave out the work.
The closest English
“have a good one”
The friendly goodbye, without the nod to the effort.
“thank you”
Thanks for one thing. 수고하세요 recognises the whole shift.
“keep up the good work”
Sounds like a boss talking. Customers say 수고하세요 too.
In a sentence
감사합니다. 수고하세요!
Thank you. Have a good one!
Hoya says it
Hoya
점장님, 수고하세요! 내일 또 올게요.
Have a good shift, Manager! I'll be back tomorrow.
