n-po generation (hangul: n포세대; hanja: n抛世代; rr: "n-posedae", "numerous giving-up generation" is a new term for the generation of people who gave up numerous things in south korea. it first began as the word sampo generation and expanded to the 'generation who gave up on n's'. sampo generation refers to a generation that has given up three things: dating, marriage and childbirth, while opo generation has given up five things, adding home and career to sampo generation. the chilpo generation refers to the generation who gave up seven things, adding hope/hobby and human relations to opo generation.