Korean Idioms - Part 2 Flashcards
(415 cards)
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배꼽을 빼다
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to laugh very hard slightly vulgar
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배꼽을 쥐다
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to burst out laughing
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배꼽이 빠지도록 웃다
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laugh oneself into convulsions
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배꼽이 웃다
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to be ridiculous, childish, laughable, or absurd
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볼
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cheek
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볼이 붓다
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to show an angry expression
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비위
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the spleen and the stomach
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비위가 당기다
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be fascinated with; be charmed
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비위가 사납다
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be displeased with something and in a bad mood
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비위가 상하다
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be displeased with; be disgusted at
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비위가 좋다
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be impudent; have a nerve
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비위가 틀리다
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be displeased with; be in an ugly mood
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비위를 거스르다
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give offense to; hurt a person’s feelings
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비위를 건드리다
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give offense to; hurt a person’s feelings
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비위를 맞추다
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humor a person; let a person have his way; butter up a person
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비위에 거슬리다
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get on a person’s nerves
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뼈
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bone
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뼈도 못 추리다
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to boast that one will completely destroy an opponent
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뼈를 깎다
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to feel unbearable pain about something
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뼈만 남다
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to be skin and bones
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뼈만 앙상하다
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to be skin and bones
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뼈에 사무치다
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to have a deep, buring pain or grudge
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ㅅ
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(S)
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살
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skin; flesh
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살로 가다
What one eats goes to fat.
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살을 붙이다
give body or shape to something, like a novel or a sculpture
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살을 섞다
have sex; live a married life; cohabit
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살을 에다
pain, sadness, or hardship as from the cold so intense that it "cuts at the flesh"
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살이 깊다
have thick skin; fleshy
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살이 내리다
become thinner; lose weight
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살이 빠지다
become thinner; lose weight
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살이 오르다
become fatter; put on weight
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살이 붙다
become fatter; put on weight
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삼추
three autumns, i.e. three years
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삼추 같다
feels like one has been waiting a long time
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새빨갛다
deep red: crimson
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새빨간 거짓말
a downright lie; an outright lie
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속
one's insides, one's heart
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속을 긁다
hurt a person's feelings, offend a person
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속을 끓이다
to worry about something ; be frustrated
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속을 떠보다
guess a person's mind or feelings
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속을 뽑다
sound out a person's views
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속을 썩이다
be bothered by a bad outcome or situation
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속을 주다
take a person into one's confidence
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속을 차리다
behave responsibly
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속을 태우다
worry oneself about
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속이 달다
be anxious or eager; be impatient
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속이 뒤집히다
feel nauseous
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속이 보이다
be transparent; easy to see through
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속이 살다
look calm on the outside, but be defiant on the inside
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속이 상하다
be distressed; be unhappy; feel depressed
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속이 시원하다
a refreshing feeling; feel relieved
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속이 썩다
be very troubled
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속이 앉다
the inside of cabbage develops
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속이 타다
be distressed about ; be nervous
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속이 트이다
be broadminded and open
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속이 풀리다
to calm down after being angry
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손
hand
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손에 걸리다
to catch with one's hand
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손에 넣다
to get; to gain possession of
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손에 달리다
an outcome rests in someone else's hands
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손에 땀을 쥐다
to be in breathless suspense or with suppressed excitement
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손에 떨어지다
to have power or authority fall in one's hands
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손에 붙다
to get good at something
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손에 익다
to get used to doing something
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손에 잡히지 않다
be in no mood to work
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손에 쥐다
to gain possession of something
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손을 거치다
to pass through someone's hands; to go through an intermediary
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손을 끊다
sever one's connections with; cease to deal with
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손을 나누다
to seperate from someone
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손을 내밀다
to ask to receive something
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손을 넘기다
skip numbers when counting; miscalculate
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손을 떼다
to quit a job
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손을 멈추다
to pause in one's work
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손을 붙이다
be begin; set one's hand to
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손을 벌리다
to irritatingly demand something like money
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손을 보다
show one's anger by using violence against someone
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손이 비다
have no work to do; be at leisure
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손을 빌리다
ask for help on a job
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손을 빼다
to quit a job before it is finished
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손을 뻗치다
to try a new line of work; to expand one's power or influence
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손을 씻다
to disassociate oneself from some questionable act or job
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손을 젓다
to turn down a request or to deny something
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손을 주다
use a stake to support a plant or vine
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손을 타다
have one's rice stolen little by little
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손을 털다
to lose all of one's investiment
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손이 거칠다
to be inclined to steal
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손이 곱다
have numb hands fingers
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손이 나다
to get a short break from work
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손이 놀다
to be at leisure
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손이 달리다
be short-handed; be undermanned
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손이 떨어지다
to be finished with a job
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손이 뜨다
to be a slow worker
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손이 많이 가다
require much work; be troublesome
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손이 맑다
be unlucky and have nothing; be stingy
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손이 맞다
be in cahoots with someone
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손이 맵다
to have a stinging hand when hitting someone
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손이 모자라다
be short-handed; be undermanned
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손이 부족하다
be short-handed; be undermanned
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손이 서투르다
be clumsy with one's hands; unskillful
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손이 설다
to be clumsy with one's hands; unskillful
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손이 싸다
to be quick-handed
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손이 미치다
to be within one's power or influence
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손이 작다
to have few options; to have few resources
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손이 잠기다
be busy; have one's hands full
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손이 크다
generous; open-handed; resourceful
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손목
wrist
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손목을 잡고 말리다
to stop someone from doing something
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손톱
fingernail
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손톱도 안 들어가다
to be firm and stingy
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손톱만큼도
not even the the slightest ...
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손톱 여물을 썬다
to deal with a difficult situation on one's own
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손톱을 튀기다
to not work and only seek to enjoy oneself
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손톱 하나 까딱하지 않는다
to not lift a finger to help with work
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시험대
test table; an examine table
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시험대에 오르다
be the first test subject; be the guinea pig
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씨
the woof; the threads that run crosswise in a woven fabric
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씨가 안 먹힌다
an irrational statement
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심장
heart
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심장이 강하다
to be pushy and strong-willed
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심장이 약하다
to be timid and weak-willed
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ㅇ
(-)
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어깨
shoulder
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어깨가 가벼워지다
be relieved of one's burden responsibility
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어깨가 무겁다
bear a heavy responsibility; be burdensome
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어깨가 움츠러들다
to shrink back in shame or embarrassment
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어깨가 으쓱거리다
to feel righteous and proud
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어깨가 처지다
one's shoulders drop
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어깨로 숨을 쉬다
breathe hard; pant
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어깨를 겨누다
rank with another; can compare with another
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어깨를 겨루다
rank with another; can compare with another
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어깨를 나란히 하다
stand shoulder to shoulder; stay side by side
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어깨를 으쓱거리다
square one's shoulders
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어깨를 짓누르다
to feel strong pressure from duty, reponsibility, or restrictions
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얼굴
face
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얼굴에 똥칠을 하다
cause someone to lose face; shame a person
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얼굴에 먹칠을 하다
cause someone to lose face; shame a person
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얼굴에 철판을 깔다
be brazen-faced
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얼굴을 고치다
fix one's makeup
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얼굴을 깎다
cause someone to lose face; shame a person
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얼굴을 내밀다
make an appearance: show oneself
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얼굴을 붉히다
to turn red in the face from embarrassment or rage
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얼굴을 하다
to show some facial expression
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얼굴이 깍이다
lose face; lose one's honor
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얼굴이 두껍다
bold self-assurance
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얼굴이 뜨겁다
to feel embarrassment
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얼굴이 반반하다
have regular facial features
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얼굴이 반쪽이 되다
look very haggard from sickness or pain
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어굴이 서다
save one's face
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얼굴이 팔리다
become famous or well-known
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얼굴이 피다
have a full, healthy-looking face
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엉덩이
the buttocks
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엉덩방아 를 찧다
to fall on one's butt
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엉덩이가 가볍다
do not stay long in one place; change jobs frequently
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엉덩이가 근질근질하다
be restless; fidgety
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엉덩이가 무겁다
be lazy; be indolent
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엉덩이를 붙이다
to sit down
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외기러기
a wild goose without a mate
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외기러기 짝사랑
the one-sided love of a lonely goose used to tease someone who is in love with someone who does not feel the same way
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응석
playing the baby
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응석을 받다
be indulgent to one's child; pamper; spoil
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이
teeth
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이가 갈리다
get angry about something
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이가 맞다
to be a perfect fit or match
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이가 빠지다
a piece chips off the edge of a dish or knife
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이를 갈다
lose one's baby teeth; grind one's teeth usually in anger
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이를 악물다
clench one's teeth with determination or strained patience
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이
lice
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이 잡듯
look for something as thoroughly as if you were looking for head lice.
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입
mouth
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입만 살다
be all talk and no deed; be bold in word only
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입만 아프다
to talk in vain
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입 밖에 내다
speak of; mention
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입에 거미줄 치다
lose one's means of living
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입에 담다
speak of; mention
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입에 대다
taste; touch; eat
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입에 맞는 떡
an agreeable food or thing
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입에 맞다
suit one's taste or palate
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입에 발린 소리
lip service
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입에서 신물이 난다
be fed up with
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입에서 젖내가 난다
be babyish; be green
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입에 오르내리다
be the talk of the town
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입에 오르다
be the talk of the town
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입에 올리다
speak of; mention
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입에 침이 마르도록
speak highly of someone
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입에 풀칠을 하다
make one's living; win one's daily bread
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입을 놀리다
talk at random
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입을 다물다
keep silent
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입을 딱 벌리다
one's mouth drops in shock or amazement
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입을 떼다
begin to talk; break the silence; broach a subject
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입을 막다
silence a person
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입을 맞추다
kiss
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입을 모으다
a group of people all speak with one voice
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입을 씻기다
pay hush money; buy a person's silence
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입을 씻다
feign innocence
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입을 열다
tell; confess; disclose a secret
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입이 가볍다
be loose-lipped
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입이 걸다
be foulmouthed
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입이 고급이다
be a discriminating eater
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입이 궁금하다
desire to eat something
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입이 근질근질하다
be anxious to tell people about something you know
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입이 닳도록
over and over again
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입이 더럽다
be abusive; swear at
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입이 되다
try to eat only good-tasting food
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입이 떨어지다
to talk usually used with negative verbs and adverbs
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입이 뜨다
be silent or taciturn
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입이 많다
have a big family to feed
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입이 무겁다
be tight-lipped
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입이 바르다
be frank; be outspoken
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입이 빠르다
one who spreads rumors
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입이 벌어지다
be in openmouthed amazement
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입이 싸다
be talkative; be loose-lipped
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입이 쓰다
be bitter, displeased, or unhappy
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입이 짧다
have a small appetite
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ㅈ
(J)
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젖
breast
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젖 떨어진 강아지 같다
fret or whine like a puppy that has lost its mom's teat
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젖 먹던 힘이 다 든다
to require a great deal of effort
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젖을 떼다
to wean a child
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젖이 지다
mother's milk seeping from swollen breasts
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정신
mind; spirit
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정신이 나가다
lose one's presence of mind; be upset
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정신이 나다
regain one's reasoning abilities
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정신이 들다
regain consciousness; regain one's reasoning abilities
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정신이 없다
be very busy; lose one's reasoning abilities
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정신을 잃다
lose consciousness; be stunned by the news
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정신을 차리다
come to one's senses; pay attention; regain consciousness
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정신이 팔리다
be detracted from one's work; be absorbed in
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진땀
sweat of anxiety
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진땀을 빼다
have a hard time with
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ㅊ
(CH)
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침
spit
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침을 삼키다
to crave food, property, or profit
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침을 흘리다
to crave food, property, or profit
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ㅋ
(C)
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카인
Cain--the son of Adam and Eve
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카인의 후예
a cursed group; used to refer to convicts
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칼
knife
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칼을 맞다
be attacked with a knife
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칼을 품다
harbor murderous intentions
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칼
a cangue; a pillory
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칼을 쓰다
wear a cangue; be pilloried
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칼자루
the handle of a knife
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칼자루를 잡다
have an advantage over an opponent; have the final say
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칼자루를 쥐다
have an advantage over an opponent; have the final say
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칼침
thrust of a knife
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칼침을 맞다
be stabbed
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코
nose
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코가 꿰이다
be restricted or hindered by something or someone
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코가 납작해지다
be shamed by someone; lose one's nerve
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코가 높다
to put on airs; to act proud
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코가 빠지다
to lose one's nerve or spirit
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코가 삐뚤어지게 마시다
drink until one is very drunk
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코가 세다
to be stubborn and ignore what others say
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코를 골다
to snore
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코를 맞대다
to be nose-to-nose with someone
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코를 찌르다
to be offensive to one's nose
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코를 풀다
to blow one's nose
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코 먹은 소리
to speak through one's nose; to nazalize
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코 묻은 돈
used to make fun of the pocket change kids carry around
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코에 걸다
to brag about something
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코앞에
under one's nose
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코앞에 닥치다
be close at hand; be imminent
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코침
tickle a person's nose
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코침을 주다
tickle a person's nose
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코허리
narrow part of the nose at the base
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코허리가 시다
be almost moved to tears; be touched with compassion
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코허리가 시큼하다
be almost moved to tears; be touched with compassion
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콧구멍
a nostril
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콧무멍만하다
a very small hole or something with a very small width
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콧김
the breath from the nose
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콧김이 세다
to have a strong influence on others
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콧대
the bridge or ridge of the nose
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콧대가 높다
put on airs; to be puffed up with pride
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콧대가 세다
to be stubborn and ignore what others say
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콧대를 꺾다
put a person in his or her place; knock a person down a peg
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콧대를 세우다
act arrogant and conceited
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콩가루
soybean flour
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콩가루 집안이다
a family troubled by domestic violence
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콩가루가 되다
be destroyed and turned to dust
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콩나물
bean sprouts
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콩나물 시루 같다
be packed like sardines; be jammed up
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콩노굿
a bean blossom
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콩노굿 일다
the flower of a bean blooms
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콩멍석
a straw mat with beans laid on it
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콩멍석 같다
welts on the skin from a whip or bug bites
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콩밥
bean-mixed rice
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콩밥을 먹다
serve time in jail or prison
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콩밥을 먹이다
send a person to jail
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쾌재
a feeling of relief or joy
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쾌재를 부르다
shout with joy
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큰마음
a big heart; a generous heart; a great desire
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큰 마음 먹다
be generous; finally make a difficult decision
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큰문
the main entrance
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큰문을 잡다
usher a distinguished guest in and out the door
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큰물
a heavy flood; an overflow
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큰물이 지다
have a flood; be flooded
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큰불
a big fire; a holocaust
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큰불을 놓다
set a big fire; fire a shot from a powerful gun when hunting big game
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큰상
a formal table of food for an honored guest
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큰상을 받다
be honored with a feast
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큰집
home of the family head
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큰집 드나들듯
to frequent a place so often that one feels very familiar with it
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큰춤
a full-dress dance
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큰춤을 보다
enjoy the pleasure of being the guest of honor at a formal dance
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ㅌ
(T)
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타월
towel
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타월을 던지다
throw in the towel
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탈
mask
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탈을 벗다
to reveal one's true self
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탈을 쓰다
to pretend to be someone one is not
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탯줄
umbilical cord
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탯줄 잡듯 하다
hold very tight
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터
a site; the foundation
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터가 세다
the site of a home or building is unlucky
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터를 다지다
pack down a building foundation; make a foundation strong
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터를 닦다
level out a foundation; prepare the groundwork for something
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통
caliber; generosity; boldness
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통이 크다
generous; broad-minded; bold; daring
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통이 작다
be a person of small caliber
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통신
communication, news, correspondence
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통신의 자유
freedom of the press
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트집
a fault; a blemish
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트집을 잡다
find fault with; make a false charge
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트집이 나다
cause trouble or complain needlessly
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틀
frame; mold; a shape
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틀에 맞추다
shape to fit a certain mold or form
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틀에 박히다
be conventional; be stereotyped
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틀이 잡히다
materialize; take a concrete form
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티
a chip; a blemish; a flaw
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티를 뜯다
needlessly find fault and look for a quarrel
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티를 보다
look for a flaw in something
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티
an air; a look; a manner; an attitude
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티를 내다
intentionally assume an certain attitude or appearance
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ㅍ
(P)
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파리
a fly
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파리를 날리다
be in a business slump so bad that the owner spends all day just shooing away flies
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파리 발 드리다
to plead with someone while rubbing one's hands together as flies often do
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팔
arm
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팔을 걷고 나서다
to enthusiastically take on a job
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팔자
fate; destiny
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팔자가 늘어지다
be blessed with good fortune
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팔자가 사납다
be unlucky; be ill-fated
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팔자가 세다
be unlucky; be ill-fated
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팔자가 좋다
be lucky; be blessed with good fortune
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팔자를 고치다
a woman remarries; suddenly become rich or rise in status
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팔자에 없다
luxury or excess that seems out of place with one's status
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피
blood
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피가 거꾸로 솟다
be so excited one's blood rushes to one's head
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피가 마르다
be very distressed or anxious
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피가 켕기다
feel an affinity with a blood relative
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피가 통하다
be connected by human compassion or emotion
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피가 끓다
one's blood boils
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피 나다
experience great hardship
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피는 물보다 진하다
Blood is thicker than water
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피도 눈물도 없다
be cold-blooded; be stonehearted
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피로 피를 씻다
have a quarrel with a blood relative
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피를 나누다
be blood-related
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피를 말리다
curdle the blood
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피를 받다
to inherit physical or personality traits from one's parents or ancestors
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피를 보다
to have a bloody incident; to suffer a great lose
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피를 빨다
to exploit
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피에 주리다
be bloodthirsty
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ㅎ
(H)
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하늘
sky, heaven
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하늘은 스스로 돕는 자를 돕는다
Heaven helps those who help themselves
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하늘과 땅
a great distance or difference between two things
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하늘 높은 줄 모르고 오르다
prices soar sky high
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하늘에 맡기다
entrust to Providence
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하늘을 지붕 삼다
make the sky your roof; live outdoors
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하늘을 찌르다
a mountain or building that soars high into the clouds; full of spirit or vigor
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하늘이 노랗다
be so weak or full of despire that even heaven looks hopeless
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하늘이 두 쪽이 나도
determine to succeed no matter what the obstacles
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허리
waist
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허리가 꼿꼿하다
be unusually fit for one's age
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허리가 부러지다
a difficult to manage situation; a physically challenging situation
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허리가 휘다
be physically challenged by excessive labor or life's hardships
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허리를 굽히다
bow; show humility; bow in submission to a person
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허리를 못 펴다
be intimidated by someone
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허리를 잡다
to fall over laughing
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허리를 쥐고 웃다
to fall over laughing
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허리를 펴다
overcome personal economic hardships
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혀
tongue
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혀가 꼬부라지다
be tongue-tied; have a speech impediment; have slurred speech
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혀가 잘 안 돌아가다
to be uneloguent in speech; mispronounce a foreign language
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혀가 잘 돌아가다
have a glib tongue; talk a lot; be eloguent in speech
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혀가 짧다
to stutter or not pronounce clearly
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혀를 굴리다
make a slip of the tongue; blurt out; trill the "r"
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혀를 내두르다
to be dumbstruck
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혀를 내밀다
make fun of someone behind their back; a gesture done to hide one's embarrassment
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혀를 놀리다
make a slip of the tongue; blurt out
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혀를 차다
click one's tongue, usually in disapproval
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형장
place of execution
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형장의 이슬로 사라지다
die on the scaffolds; be executed
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흙탕
muddy water
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흙탕을 치다
make water muddy by stirring it up or playing in it
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흠빨다
suck hard
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흠빨며 깜빨다
suck up food or drink greedily
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흥
interest; fun; pleasure
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흥에 띄다
be excited and restless
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흥정
bargaining; haggling; negotiation
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흥정을 붙이다
act as a middleman between buyers and sellers
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희다
white; a vain empty boast; brag
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흰 눈으로 보다
look sideways at someone
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희기가 까치 뱃바닥 같다
be an inflated braggart
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희고 곰팡 슨 소리
arrogant, trite talk
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희색
a joyful look
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희색이 만면하다
be all smiles
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흰소리
vain empty boast
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흰소리를 치다
talk big; talk through one's hat
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흰죽
rice gruel
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흰죽에 고춧가루
be out of character
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흰죽에 코
be unable to distinguish the good from the bad
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힘
strength; power; ability
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힘에 부치다
be beyond one's power or ability
