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bridge of no return

bridge of no return proper noun: a bridge crossing the military demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea.

Proper noun

the bridge of no return

  1. A bridge crossing the military demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea.
    • Three birthdays and 28 months later I was released at Panmunjom when the war ended and crossed the Bridge of No Return to rejoin the human race.1988, John S. Edwards, editor, American Ex-prisoners of War: Non Solum Armis, Turner Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 32

Origin of bridge of no return

Calque of Korean 돌아올 수 없는 다리 (doraol su eomneun dari)

Questions about bridge of no return

What does bridge of no return mean?
Bridge of no return means a bridge crossing the military demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea.
What part of speech is bridge of no return?
Bridge of no return is a proper noun.

Words near bridge of no return in the dictionary

  1. Bridge of Cally
  2. Bridge of Don
  3. Bridge of Dun
  4. Bridge of Earn
  5. Bridge of Gairn
  6. bridge of no return
  7. Bridge of Orchy
  8. Bridge of Weir
  9. bridge over troubled waters
  10. bridge pattern
  11. bridge patterns

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