See 눈 가리고 아웅 on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "The idiom preserves 아웅 (aung) for \"peekaboo\", now dated or archaic, instead of the more current 까꿍 (kkakkung).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nun garigo aung",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"head": "눈 가리고 아웅"
},
"expansion": "눈 가리고 아웅 • (nun garigo aung)",
"name": "ko-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"_dis": "57 43",
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{
"_dis": "56 44",
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{
"_dis": "76 24",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"\"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"an unconvincing and often condescending attempt to deceive someone"
],
"id": "en-눈_가리고_아웅-ko-noun-ehlTIgRL",
"links": [
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"peekaboo",
"peekaboo"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"eyes",
"eyes"
],
[
"unconvincing",
"unconvincing"
],
[
"condescend",
"condescend"
],
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"deceive",
"deceive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) \"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"an unconvincing and often condescending attempt to deceive someone"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"\"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"burying one's head in the sand"
],
"id": "en-눈_가리고_아웅-ko-noun-yFtc6oyD",
"links": [
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"peekaboo",
"peekaboo"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"eyes",
"eyes"
],
[
"burying one's head in the sand",
"bury one's head in the sand"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) \"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"burying one's head in the sand"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[nun ka̠ɾiɡo̞ a̠uŋ]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "눈가리고아웅"
},
{
"other": "[눈가리고아웅]"
}
],
"word": "눈 가리고 아웅"
}
{
"categories": [
"Korean entries with incorrect language header",
"Korean lemmas",
"Korean multiword terms",
"Korean nouns",
"Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "The idiom preserves 아웅 (aung) for \"peekaboo\", now dated or archaic, instead of the more current 까꿍 (kkakkung).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nun garigo aung",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "눈 가리고 아웅"
},
"expansion": "눈 가리고 아웅 • (nun garigo aung)",
"name": "ko-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Korean idioms"
],
"glosses": [
"\"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"an unconvincing and often condescending attempt to deceive someone"
],
"links": [
[
"peekaboo",
"peekaboo"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"eyes",
"eyes"
],
[
"unconvincing",
"unconvincing"
],
[
"condescend",
"condescend"
],
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"deceive",
"deceive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) \"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"an unconvincing and often condescending attempt to deceive someone"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Korean idioms"
],
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"\"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"burying one's head in the sand"
],
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[
"peekaboo",
"peekaboo"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"eyes",
"eyes"
],
[
"burying one's head in the sand",
"bury one's head in the sand"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) \"peekaboo while covering one's eyes\":",
"burying one's head in the sand"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[nun ka̠ɾiɡo̞ a̠uŋ]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "눈가리고아웅"
},
{
"other": "[눈가리고아웅]"
}
],
"word": "눈 가리고 아웅"
}
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