-(으)ㄴ/는 셈 치고
treating it as if, assuming
Level 6 · Connective
Explanation
Treats something as having happened or being so, then acts accordingly. Present verbs take 는 셈 치고, past (으)ㄴ 셈 치고. Common idiom: 속는 셈 치고 (just this once, even if I'm fooled).
Examples
속는 셈 치고 한번 믿어 볼게요.
I'll trust you once, even if I end up fooled.
운동하는 셈 치고 걸어서 가자.
Let's walk; call it exercise.
잃어버린 셈 치고 그 돈은 잊어버리세요.
Consider it lost and forget about that money.
TOPIK note
TOPIK II Reading 19–24 (idioms) and Listening 21–30.