Advanced Korean Study via Headlines 019

This time, we are looking at questions involving native Korean verbs. At the advanced level, knowledge of native verbs, rather than Sino-Korean words, often determines the difference in reading comprehension. Since native verbs frequently appear in short forms in newspaper articles, let's get used to these expressions as well. Let's steadily increase our vocabulary little by little every day.

019–01 The Prime Minister's momentary misjudgment ruins a major national affair
[The Prime Minister's momentary misjudgment ruins a major national affair]

019–02 Did a hasty market entry invite disaster? Multi-billion won national project ruined
[Did a hasty market entry invite disaster? Multi-billion won national project ruined]
* A news headline about how entering the market in a rush, without sufficient preparation or assessment, triggered a failure in a major, multi-billion won national project backed by the government.

019–03 One painful pass miss... ruins a victory that was within reach
[One painful pass miss... ruins a victory that was within reach]

019–04 Excessive pre-learning actually ruins a child's studies
[Excessive pre-learning actually ruins a child's studies]

019–05 High school students blinded by a moment of greed... arrested for robbery resulting in death, ruining their futures
[High school students blinded by a moment of greed... arrested for robbery resulting in death, ruining their futures]

MEMO '그르치다' is a verb that mainly means 'to ruin (a matter or situation),' 'for a plan to fail,' or 'to misjudge.' Rather than simply meaning 'to make a mistake,' it carries a heavy nuance of 'ruining a plan, work, or even one's life or future in an irreversible way due to one's own wrong judgment or actions.'
・일을 그르치다 (to ruin a job/task)
・판단을 그르치다 (to misjudge)
・인생을 그르치다 (to ruin one's life)