謹賀新年

geunha-sinnyeon (romanization)
근하신년 (hangeul)

근하신년 근하신년#Korean


사랑해

[sʰa̠ɾa̠ŋɦɛ]

[sʰa̠ɾa̠ŋɦe̞]


急急如律令

ko-pos

急急如律令 • (geupgeubyeoyullyeong) (hangeul 급급여율령)

geupgeubyeoyullyeong (romanization)
급급여율령 (hangeul)

급급여율령 급급여율령#Korean


물론입니다

물론(勿論) (mullon, “of course”) + -입니다 (-imnida, polite form of -이다 (-ida, “to be”)).

compound

polite form of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">-이다</i> (-ida, “to be”)


안녕하세요

[a̠nɲʌ̹ŋɦa̠sʰe̞jo]

Informal polite (해요체 (haeyoche)) form of 안녕하다 (annyeonghada, “to be well/peaceful”) with honorific.

안녕하세요, 여러분, 저는 아나이고요, 저는 워싱턴 디씨에 살아요.

Annyeonghaseyo, yeoreobun, jeo-neun Ana-igoyo, jeo-neun Wosingteon Dissi-e sarayo.

Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C.


안녕하십니까

→⇒ English: on your horse, amigo

[a̠nɲʌ̹ŋɦa̠ɕʰimnik͈a̠]

Formal polite interrogative (하십시오체 (hasipsioche)) form of 안녕하다 (annyeonghada, “to be well/peaceful”) with honorific.

ko-l

(literally, "Are [you] well/peaceful?")


새해 복 많이 받으세요

ko-pos

새해 복 많이 받으세요 • (saehae bok mani badeuseyo)

saehae bok mani badeuseyo (romanization)

Literally “please receive much fortune in the new year”.

현배: 네, 잘 있어요. 아버지, 새해 복 많이 받으세요.

2002, Clare You, Eunsu Cho, Intermediate College Korean, page 133:

Hyeonbae: Yes, it's very good. Happy New Year, Dad.

Hyeonbae: ne, jal isseoyo. Abeoji, saehae bok mani badeuseyo.

(South Korea) an expression wishing one the best in a new year; Happy New Year


영어를 못합니다

[jʌ̹ŋʌ̹ɾɯɭ mo̞tʰa̠mnida̠]

I don't speak English
I don't speak English


Repetition of English 2, an informal abbreviation of too.

(Internet slang, text messaging) That applies to me as well.

(Internet slang, text messaging) I agree.


누구세요

Contraction of 누구 (nugu, “who”) + (이)— ((i)-, “to be”) + —세요 (-seyo) (honorific polite style suffix).


어떻게 지내세요

[ʌ̹t͈ʌ̹kʰe̞ t͡ɕinɛsʰe̞jo]


잘 자

From 잘 (jal, well, good) + 자다 (jada, to sleep).


잘 자요

From 잘 (jal, “well”) + 자— (ja-, “to sleep”) + —요 (-yo, informal polite ending).


안녕히 계세요

(formal) goodbye (said by the person leaving to the person staying)

안녕히 가세요

said by the person staying to the person leaving


안녕히 가세요

(formal) goodbye (said by the person staying to the person leaving)

안녕히 계세요

said by the person leaving to the person staying


어서 오세요

[ʌ̹sʰʌ̹ o̞sʰe̞jo]


南無阿彌陀佛

ko-pos

南無阿彌陀佛 • (namuamitabul) (hangeul 나무아미타불)

namuamitabul (romanization)
나무아미타불 (hangeul)

나무아미타불 나무아미타불#Korean

hanja form of 나무아미타불 (“Namo Amitābhāya”)


나무아미타불

namuamitabul (romanization)
南無阿彌陀佛 (hanja)

(Buddhism) Namo Amitābhāya, a Buddhist chant


솔까말

Contraction of 솔직히 까놓고 말해서 (soljikhi kkanoko malhaeseo).

ko-l

(neologism, slang) frankly speaking, speaking honestly, to be honest (TBH)


누워서 떡 먹기

[nuwʌ̹sʰʌ̹ t͈ʌ̹ŋmʌ̹k̚k͈i]

Literally, “eating tteok (rice cakes) while lying down”.

an easily accomplished task; a piece of cake; a walk in the park


色即是空

saekjeuksigong (romanization)
색즉시공 (hangeul)

색즉시공 색즉시공#Korean


無我夢中

muamongjung (romanization)
무아몽중 (hangeul)


꼬리 치다

꼬리 (kkori, “tail”) + 치다 (chida, “to hit”).

compound

(slang, usually derogatory) to flirt, typically inappropriately and for ulterior purposes (usually a girl/woman flirting at a boy/man)


말이 아니다

mar-i anida (romanization)
말이 아니다 (formal indicative non-past)
말이 아니야 (indicative informal non-past)
말이 아니에요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
말이 아닙니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
말이 아니었다 (formal indicative past)
말이 아니었어 (indicative informal past)
말이 아니었어요 (indicative informal past polite)
말이 아니었습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
말이 아니냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
말이 아니야 (informal interrogative non-past)
말이 아니에요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
말이 아닙니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
말이 아니었느냐 (formal interrogative past)
말이 아니었어 (informal interrogative past)
말이 아니었어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
말이 아니었습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
말이 아니겠다 (assertive formal)
말이 아니겠어 (assertive informal)
말이 아니겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
말이 아니겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
말이 아니에 (causative formal)
말이 아니어서 (causative informal)
말이 아니니 (causative informal polite)
말이 아니니까 (causative formal polite)
말이 아니지만 (contrastive formal)
말이 아닌데 (contrastive informal)
말이 아니더니 (contrastive informal polite)
말이 아니고 (conjunctive formal)
말이 아니면 (conditional formal)
말이 아니어야 (conditional informal)
말이 아님 (formal noun-from-verb)
말이 아니기 (informal noun-from-verb)
말이 아니었음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
말이 아니었기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
말이 아닌 (determiner informal present)
말이 아닐 (determiner future informal)
말이 아니시다 (indicative non-past)
말이 아니셔 (indicative informal non-past)
말이 아니세요 (indicative non-past polite)
말이 아니셔요 (indicative non-past polite)
말이 아니십니다 (formal indicative non-past)
말이 아니셨다 (indicative past)
말이 아니셨어 (indicative informal past)
말이 아니셨어요 (indicative past polite)
말이 아니셨습니다 (formal indicative past)
말이 아니시냐 (interrogative non-past)
말이 아니셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
말이 아니세요 (interrogative non-past polite)
말이 아니셔요 (interrogative non-past polite)
말이 아니십니까 (formal interrogative non-past)
말이 아니셨냐 (interrogative past)
말이 아니셨어 (informal interrogative past)
말이 아니셨어요 (interrogative past polite)
말이 아니셨습니까 (formal interrogative past)
말이 아니시겠다 (assertive)
말이 아니시겠어 (assertive informal)
말이 아니시겠어요 (assertive polite)
말이 아니시겠습니다 (assertive formal)
말이 아니셔 (causative)
말이 아니셔서 (causative informal)
말이 아니시니 (causative polite)
말이 아니시니까 (causative formal)
말이 아니시지만 (contrastive)
말이 아니신데 (contrastive informal)
말이 아니시더니 (contrastive polite)
말이 아니시고 (conjunctive)
말이 아니시면 (conditional)
말이 아니셔야 (conditional informal)
말이 아니심 (noun-from-verb)
말이 아니시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
말이 아니셨음 (noun-from-verb past)
말이 아니셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
말이 아니신 (determiner informal present)
말이 아니실 (determiner future informal)
말도 아니다 (alternative)

말 (mal, “speech; language”) + -이 (-i, nominative case marker) + 아니다 (anida, “to not be”). Literally "to not be [in any] language".

왜 말이 아닌 질문을 하니?

Why are you asking this unreasonable question?

Why are you asking this question which is not [in any] language?

(of a statement) to be unreasonable; to be ridiculous

(by extension, of a situation or appearance) to be very difficult, to be atrocious


다름이 아니라

다름 (dareum, “difference; something different; something other”) + —이 (-i, “nominative case marker”) + 아니— (ani-, “to not be”) + —라 (-ra, “conjunctive particle”), literally "It is not something else but..." with the implied meaning of "It's not for some other reason that I'm talking to you, but because..."

ko-l

교수님, 다름이 아니라 제가 내일 강의를 못 듣게 되었는데요...

gyosunim, dareumi anira je-ga naeil gang'ui-reul mot deutge doeeonneundeyo...

Professor, it happened to me that I cannot attend the lecture tomorrow...

다름 아니오라 ᄉᆞ오 삭 젼의[…] 동슈문 밧긔 무더ᄉᆞᆸ더니 ᄉᆡ 쳥딕이 이종덕이가 몃십년 버렸던 치표을 졔가 쓸 거시라 ᄒᆞ이[…]

19th century, 궁녀의 한글 편지 #1270 (국립고궁박물관 소장) [gungnyeoui han'geul pyeonji #1270 (gungnipgogungbangmulgwan sojang), Korean-language letter from a court servant woman, #1270 (from the National Palace Museum of Korea)]:

It is not anything different, but four or five months ago […] they buried him outside the little eastern gate, but Yi Jong-deok, the new doorman, is saying that he is [now] going to use this grave-site that he had left abandoned for several tens of years […]

Used to initiate a formal and highly polite conversation


말을 놓다

mar-eul nota (romanization)
말을 놓는다 (formal indicative non-past)
말을 놓아 (indicative informal non-past)
말을 놓아요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
말을 놔요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
말을 놓습니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
말을 놓았다 (formal indicative past)
말을 놓았어 (indicative informal past)
말을 놓았어요 (indicative informal past polite)
말을 놓았습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
말을 놓느냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
말을 놓아 (informal interrogative non-past)
말을 놓아요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
말을 놔요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
말을 놓습니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
말을 놓았느냐 (formal interrogative past)
말을 놓았어 (informal interrogative past)
말을 놓았어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
말을 놓았습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
말을 놓자 (formal hortative)
말을 놓아 (hortative informal)
말을 놓아요 (hortative informal polite)
말을 놔요 (hortative informal polite)
말을 놓으십시다 (formal hortative polite)
말을 놓아라 (formal imperative)
말을 놔라 (formal imperative)
말을 놓아 (imperative informal)
말을 놓아요 (imperative informal polite)
말을 놔요 (imperative informal polite)
말을 놓읍시오 (formal imperative polite)
말을 놓겠다 (assertive formal)
말을 놓겠어 (assertive informal)
말을 놓겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
말을 놓겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
말을 놓아 (causative formal)
말을 놓아서 (causative informal)
말을 놔서 (causative informal)
말을 놓으니 (causative informal polite)
말을 놓으니까 (causative formal polite)
말을 놓지만 (contrastive formal)
말을 놓는데 (contrastive informal)
말을 놓더니 (contrastive informal polite)
말을 놓고 (conjunctive formal)
말을 놓으면 (conditional formal)
말을 놓아야 (conditional informal)
말을 놔야 (conditional informal)
말을 놓으려고 (formal motive-form)
말을 놓음 (formal noun-from-verb)
말을 놓기 (informal noun-from-verb)
말을 놓았음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
말을 놓았기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
말을 놓은 (determiner formal past)
말을 놓는 (determiner formal present)
말을 놓을 (determiner formal future)
말을 놓으신다 (formal indicative non-past)
말을 놓으셔 (indicative informal non-past)
말을 놓으세요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
말을 놓으셔요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
말을 놓으십니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
말을 놓으셨다 (formal indicative past)
말을 놓으셨어 (indicative informal past)
말을 놓으셨어요 (indicative informal past polite)
말을 놓으셨습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
말을 놓으시느냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
말을 놓으셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
말을 놓으세요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
말을 놓으셔요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
말을 놓으십니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
말을 놓으셨느냐 (formal interrogative past)
말을 놓으셨어 (informal interrogative past)
말을 놓으셨어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
말을 놓으셨습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
말을 놓으시라 (formal imperative)
말을 놓으셔 (imperative informal)
말을 놓으세요 (imperative informal polite)
말을 놓으십시오 (formal imperative polite)
말을 놓으시겠다 (assertive formal)
말을 놓으시겠어 (assertive informal)
말을 놓으시겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
말을 놓으시겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
말을 놓으셔 (causative formal)
말을 놓으셔서 (causative informal)
말을 놓으시니 (causative informal polite)
말을 놓으시니까 (causative formal polite)
말을 놓으시지만 (contrastive formal)
말을 놓으시는데 (contrastive informal)
말을 놓으시더니 (contrastive informal polite)
말을 놓으시고 (conjunctive formal)
말을 놓으시면 (conditional formal)
말을 놓으셔야 (conditional informal)
말을 놓으시려고 (formal motive-form)
말을 놓으심 (formal noun-from-verb)
말을 놓으시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
말을 놓으셨음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
말을 놓으셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
말을 놓으신 (determiner formal past)
말을 놓으시는 (determiner formal present)
말을 놓으실 (determiner formal future)

Literally "to put down the speech". See 말 (mal, “speech”), —을 (-eul, accusative case marker), 놓다 (nota, “to place, to put down”).

나이도 동갑인데 말 놓자.

We're the same age too, let's cut out the deferential speech.

to forgo linguistic formality distinctions in conversation, a sign of intimacy


잘 먹겠습니다

I/we will eat; let's eat (a stock phrase used before starting a meal)


저리 가라

[t͡ɕʌ̹ɾi ka̠ɾa̠]

"사교육은 저리 가라...공교육만으로 영어 완전 정복"

"It's over for private education... Fully mastering English with only public education"

Sagyoyug-eun jeori gara...gonggyoyung-man-euro yeong'eo wanjeon jeongbok"

(idiomatic) enough with, out with, it's over for (Used to refer to something which has just become obsolete or been done away with due to the introduction of something newer or better)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See 저리 (jeori, “there”), 가다 (gada, “to go”).


밑져야 본전이다

Literally, "even with a financial loss, to still have the principal". The verb 밑지다 (mitjida) explicitly means "to make a financial loss so that one has less than the principal". The idiom thereby implies that the subject really has no money at all to begin with.

to have nothing to lose (said when beginning a new enterprise, etc.)


이 뭣고

i mwot-go (romanization)
이 뭐꼬 (alternative)

Literally "What is this?", a calque of Chinese 是甚麽 /是甚么 (shì shénme, “What is it?”), from Chinese Buddhist literature. The conventional pronunciation in modern South Korean Buddhism is in the Gyeongsang dialect due to the influence of the Zen master Seongcheol (1912—1993), who spoke this dialect.

calque

이 뭣고 30년입니다. 이 생 다하기 전에는 끝내야지요.

2004, “이 뭣고 30년... 이 생 다하기 전 끝낼 것 [i mwotgo 30nyeon... i saeng dahagi jeon kkeunnael geot]”, in Beopbo Sinmun:

It's been thirty years of [meditating on the question,] "What is this?" I should complete it before this life comes to an end.

화두 가운데 하나로 많은 수좌들이 참구하는 '이 뭣고'는 화두가 아니라는 주장이 제기돼 논란이 예상된다.

2005, “'이 뭣고'는 화두 아니다 [i mwotgo neun hwadu anida, "'What is this?' is not a koan"]”, in Bulgyo Sinmun:

Controversy is expected after the argument has been raised that "What is this?", one of the koans which are meditated on by many monks, is not actually a koan.

처음 내게 '이뭣고' 화두를, 그 뒤엔 조주 스님의 '무(無)'자 화두를 주셨다.

2011, “비행기 잘못 타서 한국 왔다가 비구니로… 서구 수행자도 '이뭣고' 화두 좋아하데요 [bihaenggi jalmot taseo han'guk watdaga biguniro… seogu suhaengjado imwotgo hwadu joahadeyo]”, in Chosun Ilbo:

He first gave me the koan of "What is this?", and after that, the koan of Mu by Master Zhaozhou.

(Zen Buddhism) "What is this?"; one of the most popular questions (or koans) meditated on in contemporary Korean Buddhism


시심마

Sino-Korean word from 是 (“this; to be”) + 甚麼 (“what”).

ko-etym-sino

synonym of 이 뭣고 (i mwotgo, “What is this”, a Zen Buddhist koan)


아이가

니 나 좋아한다 아이가?

(Gyeongsang) A phrase used to form tag questions, inviting the listener to agree.


니애미

Univerbation of 니 (ni, “you, your”) + 애미 (aemi, alternative spelling of 에미 (emi, disparaging term for "mother")), originating from an implication that the addressee is engaging in incest (Cho Hang-beom 2019, pp. 372—378). Compare English motherfucker, Chinese 你媽的／你妈的 (nǐmāde).
First attested as 네 어미 (ne eomi) in Blood Rain (血의 淚/혈의 누), 1906, presumably because prudishness prevented it from appearing in writing earlier; the source in question was the first modern-style novel in Korean.

univerbation

alternative spelling of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">에미</i> (emi, disparaging term for "mother")

zh-l

你媽的／你妈的 (nǐmāde)

(vulgar, offensive) fuck, fuck you; a highly profane expression, often used as an insult


이상 무

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 異状(いじょう)無(な)し (ijō nashi, “no abnormalities, nothing abnormal”). Equivalent to 이상(異狀) (isang, “abnormality”) + 무(無) (mu, “nonexistence”).

ja-r

(especially military) no abnormalities, all clear, everything is going well and normally


죽다 살았다

(idiomatic, hyperbolic) to have come out safely from a painful or risky situation (literally, "to have been dying and then live")


기차 떠나고 손 흔들다

ko-pos

기차 떠나고 손 흔들다

기차 떠나고 손 흔들다 • (gicha tteonago son heundeulda)

gicha tteonago son heundeulda (romanization)

l'esprit de l'escalier
l'esprit de l'escalier

"to wave after the train has left"; to be affected by l'esprit de l'escalier


밥 뭇나

밥 (bap, “rice; food”) + 뭇나 (munna, past polar question-interrogative form of 묵다 (mukda, “to eat”)). Literally "Did you eat something?"
Compare the semantics of Chinese 你吃飯了嗎 /你吃饭了吗 (nǐ chīfàn le ma).

af

past polar question-interrogative form of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">묵다</i> (mukda, “to eat”)

(Gyeongsang) what's up; a casual greeting between friends


제곧내

jegonnae (romanization)
ㅈㄱㄴ (alternative)

Contraction of 제목이 곧 내용 (jemog-i got naeyong, “the title is the content”).

contraction

(Internet slang) Used as a filler for the content of a post when the title already says everything one wants to say.


ㅈㄱㄴ

(Internet slang) initialism of 제곧내 (jegonnae, “see title”)


식은 죽 먹기

[ɕʰiɡɯn t͡ɕuŋmʌ̹k̚k͈i]

Literally, “eating juk that has cooled down”.

taking candy from a baby
like taking candy from a baby

doing something easily and without hesitation; taking candy from a baby; a piece of cake; a cakewalk


골로 가다

골로 갈 뻔 했다.

게다가, 전두환이는 처음 듣는 놈이니까 처음부터 이새끼 저새끼 할 수 있어도 박정희대통령은 벌써 골로 간 사람이고 골로 갔으면 욕을 하는 게 아니었다.

1992, 유재현 [yujaehyeon, Yu Jae-hyeon], “구르는 돌 [gureuneun dol, The Rolling Stone]”, in 創(창)作(작)과 批(비)評(평)[Changjak-gwa Bipyeong], volume 20, page 260:

Furthermore, since Chun Doo-hwan was a bastard you were hearing about for the very first time, you could talk about him as "this son of a bitch" and "that son of a bitch" from the very beginning, but President Park Chung-hee was a guy who had already croaked, and if someone had croaked, you weren't supposed to say bad things about them.

공소시효가 15년인데 지금도 조사하면 골로 갈 수 있다

2017 April 11, “홍준표 "文, 盧와 의논했다면 공범…지금도 조사하면 골로 간다"”, in news.sbs.co.kr, Seoul Broadcasting System:

The statute of limitations is up to fifteen years, so even now, if investigations happened, he could get in trouble

gongsosihyo-ga sibo-nyeon-inde jigeum-do josahamyeon gollo gal su itda

(slang, by extension) to be in trouble, to be doomed


엎친 데 덮치다

eopchin de deopchida (romanization)
엎치고 덮치다 (alternative)

[ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰin te̞ tʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰida̠]

add insult to injury
add insult to injury

it never rains but it pours
it never rains but it pours

(for something) to make matters worse/add insult to injury; for one bad event/misfortune to follow another; it never rains but it pours


잠을 청하다

[t͡ɕa̠mɯɭ t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɦa̠da̠]

to try and fall asleep; to lull oneself to sleep


삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다

ko-pos

삼가 고인-의 명복-을 빕니다

삼가 故人의 冥福을 빕니다

삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다 • (samga goin-ui myeongbog-eul bimnida) (hanja 삼가 故人의 冥福을 빕니다)

samga goin-ui myeongbog-eul bimnida (romanization)
삼가 故人의 冥福을 빕니다 (hanja)

[sʰa̠mɡa̠ ko̞(ː)inɰi mjʌ̹ŋbo̞ɡɯɭ pi(ː)mnida̠]

[sʰa̠mɡa̠ ko̞(ː)ine̞ mjʌ̹ŋbo̞ɡɯɭ pi(ː)mnida̠]

삼가고(ː)이늬명보글빔(ː)니다

삼가고(ː)이네명보글빔(ː)니다

"I reverently wish for the happiness of the deceased in the next world"; rest in peace (a conventional phrase said at funerals, etc.)


맥을 보다

Alteration from Middle and Early Modern Korean ᄆᆡᆨ 받다 (Yale: moyk patta, literally, “to receive the pulse”).

okm-l

(figurative) to gauge someone's intentions


시도 때도 없이

시(時)도 때도 없다
시도 때도 없다#Korean

adverbial form of 시(時)도 때도 없다 (sido ttaedo eopda, “to be recurrent”): recurrently


시도 때도 없다

시(時) (si, “time, hour”, Sino-Korean word) + -도 (-do, “even”) + 때 (ttae, “time, moment”, native Korean word) + -도 (-do, “even”) + 없다 (eopda, “to be without”): "to be without [a specific] hour or moment [for it to occur]" > "to occur at any moment, to be recurrent".
Compare 한(限)도 끝도 없다 (han-do kkeut-do eopda), again juxtaposing a Sino-Korean word with a native synonym for emphasis.

compound

시도 때도 없이 찾아오는 두통


한도 끝도 없다

한(ː)도끋또업(ː)따

[한(ː)도끋또업(ː)따]

한(限) (han, “limit”, Sino-Korean word) + -도 (-do, “even”) + 끝 (kkeut, “end”, native Korean word) + -도 (-do, “even”) + 없다 (eopda, “to be without”): "to have neither limit nor end".
Compare 시(時)도 때도 없다 (si-do ttae-do eopda), again juxtaposing a Sino-Korean word with a native synonym for emphasis.

to be endless; to be limitless; to be uncountable


까마귀 고기를 먹었나

ko-pos

까마귀 고기(-를) 먹었나

까마귀 고기(를) 먹었나 • (kkamagwi gogi(-reul) meogeonna)

까마귀 고기 먹었나 (canonical)
-reul (romanization)

[k͈a̠ma̠ɡɥi ko̞ɡiɾɯɭ mʌ̹ɡʌ̹nna̠]

[k͈a̠ma̠ɡy ko̞ɡiɾɯɭ mʌ̹ɡʌ̹nna̠]

Literally, "did [you/he/she/they] eat crow meat"? Plausibly a pun based on 까먹다 (kkameokda, “(colloquial) to forget”).

"국회의원을 그렇게 오래 해놓고 까마귀 고기를 먹었나(까먹었나)"라고 반문했다.

2019 November 25, “한국당 "지소미아 나라망신, 패스트트랙 독재야합" 쌍끌이 공세 [han'gukdang jisomia naramangsin, paeseuteuteuraek dokjaeyahap ssangkkeuri gongse]”, in Yonhap News:

He retorted, "Have you 'eaten crow' (i.e. forgotten) [the legislation] after being a Member of Parliament for so long?"

Used to criticize or tease someone for forgetting something.


할 것 없다

[ha̠ɭk͈ʌ̹dʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]

남녀노소 할 것 없이 모두 지지하고 있습니다.

Namnyeonoso hal geot eopsi modu jiji-hago itseumnida.

Whether men or woman, young or old, they are all in support.

풍수지탄(風樹之嘆)은 동서고금 할 것 없다.

Pungsujitan-eun dongseogogeum hal geot eopda.

When it comes to sadness at a parent's death, no distinction is found in the East and the West, nor in ancient times and nowadays.

할 것 없이
할 것 없이#Korean

(especially as 할 것 없이) to have no need to distinguish; to be without distinction


호랑이 잡아먹는 담비

호랑이 잡아먹는 담비 • (horang'i jabameongneun dambi)

horang'i jabameongneun dambi (romanization)
호래이 자아묵는 담보 (alternative Gyeongsang)

호(ː)랑이자바멍는담비

[호(ː)랑이자바멍는담비]

The yellow-throated marten is supposedly capable of killing tigers when they hunt in packs.

"a marten that hunts tigers"; a David before a Goliath


라면 먹고 갈래

[ɾa̠mjʌ̹n mʌ̹k̚k͈o̞ ka̠ɭɭɛ]

[ɾa̠mjʌ̹n mʌ̹k̚k͈o̞ ka̠ɭɭe̞]

From the 2001 movie One Fine Spring Day (봄날은 간다), although the original quotation in the movie is 라면 먹을래요? (ramyeon meogeullae-yo?, “Do you want to have instant noodle?”).

(euphemistic) "Do you want to have instant noodle [at my place] before you leave?"; do you want to Netflix and chill?


당나라 군대

ko-noun

당나라 군대 • (dangnara gundae) (hanja 唐— 軍隊)

dangnara gundae (romanization)
唐— 軍隊 (hanja)

Sino-Korean term from 당(唐)나라 (Dangnara, “Tang dynasty”) + 군대(軍隊) (gundae, “army”). The origin of the phrase is not clear.

af

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 당(唐)나라 (Dangnara), 군대(軍隊) (gundae): the army of the Tang dynasty


섊

Coined in early 2000s. From ㅅㅂㄹㅁ (sblm), which are the initial consonants of 시발라마 (siballama), which in turn is an alteration of 씨팔놈 (ssipallom) and 씨발 놈아 (ssibal nom-a, “fucking bastard”).
ㅂ (b) was replaced with ㅒ (yae) because of their visual similarity; ㅒ (yae) can look more like ㅂ (b) when there is a final consonant placed below.

(vulgar, dated, neologism, Internet slang) fucking bastard [less common after late 2000s]


whyrano

Blend of English why + Korean Gyeongsang dialect 와 이라노 (wa ira-no, “What's going on? What's wrong?”, literally “Why is it like this?”).

(humorous, neologism, Internet slang) What's going on? What's wrong? Why is it like this?


교하질쉬

Sino-Korean word from 橋下 + 叱 + 倅, coined in Korea.

behind someone's back
behind someone's back

(four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) "scolding the village head under the bridge": complaining behind someone's back


예나 지금이나

예 (ye, “old times”) + —나 (-na, “or”) + 지금 (jigeum, “now”) + —이나 (-ina, “or”).

그는 예나 지금이나 친절하다.

He is still kind as he has been in the past.

whether in old times or nowadays; used when a state or quality in the past has not been changed and still remains today


호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다

ko-pos

호랑이-도 제 말 하면 온다

호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다 • (horang'i-do je mal hamyeon onda)

horang'i-do je mal hamyeon onda (romanization)
호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다더니 (alternative)

[ɸʷo̞ɾa̠ŋido̞ t͡ɕe̞ ma̠ɭ ha̠mjʌ̹n o̞nda̠]

[호랑이도제말하면온다]

From 호랑(虎狼)이 (horang'i, “tiger”) + -도 (-do) + 제 (je, “he, she”) + 말 (mal, “word, speech”) + 하면 (hamyeon, “to do”) + 온다 (onda, “come, arrive”), literally "the tiger comes when he is spoken about".

com

speak of the devil
speak of the devil#English

speak of the devil and he shall appear#English

speak of the devil (speak of the devil and he shall appear)

are your ears burning
are your ears burning#English


출처 필요

[t͡ɕʰuʎt͡ɕʰʌ̹ pʰiɾjo]

Sino-Korean word from 출처(出處) (chulcheo, “source”) + 필요(必要) (piryo, “needed, required”).


새해를 축하합니다

[sʰɛɦɛɾɯɭ t͡ɕʰukʰa̠ɦa̠mnida̠]

[sʰe̞ɦe̞ɾɯɭ t͡ɕʰukʰa̠ɦa̠mnida̠]

Literally “congratulations on the new year”.

(North Korea) an expression wishing one the best in a new year; Happy New Year


저는 한국 사람이에요

head

저-는 ^한국(韓國) 사람-이에요

저는 한국(韓國) 사람이에요 • (jeo-neun Han'guk saram-ieyo)

jeo-neun Han'guk saram-ieyo (romanization)
韓國 (CJK)

저는한(ː)국사(ː)라미에요

[저는한(ː)국사(ː)라미에요]

(informal, polite, South Korea) I am Korean


유연

Sino-Korean word from 有 (“having”) + 鉛 (“lead”).


附和雷同

buhwanoedong (romanization)
부화뇌동 (hangeul)

부화뇌동 부화뇌동#Korean


물 만난 고기

Literally "a fish meeting water", compare Chinese 如魚得水／如鱼得水 (rúyúdéshuǐ) and Japanese 水(みず)を得(え)た魚(うお) (mizu o eta uo)

zh-l

如魚得水／如鱼得水 (rúyúdéshuǐ)

(idiomatic) to find oneself in a suitable environment where one can perform well, up someone's alley, in one's element


발이 넓다

Literally, “to have wide feet”; to be a social butterfly, to know a lot of people


빛을 발하다

[pit͡ɕʰɯɭ pa̠ɾɦa̠da̠]

무인도에 표류되자 그의 낚시 실력이 빛을 발했다.

Mu'indo-e pyoryudoeja geu-ui naksi sillyeog-i bich-eul balhaetda.

When they were stranded on a desert island, his fishing skills proved their worth.

to turn out to be useful; to prove its worth


날로 먹다

[na̠ɭɭo̞ mʌ̹k̚t͈a̠]

to achieve or attain without effort; to free ride


안 봐도 비디오

an bwa-do bidio (romanization)
안 봐도 블루레이 (alternative)

[like] a video tape even without watching (For something to be immediately obvious or clear, as if being played back from a video tape)


안 봐도 블루레이

By analogy with 안 봐도 비디오 (an bwado bidio) after Blu-ray replaced video tapes.

안 봐도 비디오
안 봐도 비디오#Korean

(possibly dated) alternative form of 안 봐도 비디오 (an bwado bidio, “for something to be obvious”)


천고마비

cheon'gomabi (romanization)
天高馬肥 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 天高馬肥. Derived from Chinese 秋高馬肥 /秋高马肥 (qiūgāomǎféi).

the sky is clear, and the horses are strong and well-fed


처음 뵙겠습니다

Literally, “seeing (you) for the first time”

lit

(formal, humble) pleased to meet you, how do you do?


입을 모으다

모두들 입을 모아 반대 의사를 표명했다.

Modu-deul ib-eul moa bandae uisa-reul pyomyeong-haetda.

They all unanimously expressed their dissent.

to speak with one voice; to be unanimous


촌각을 다투다

ko-pos

촌각을 다투다 • (chon'gag-eul datuda) (hanja 寸刻을 다투다)

chon'gag-eul datuda (romanization)
寸刻을 다투다 (hanja)

[ˈt͡ɕʰo̞(ː)nɡa̠ɡɯɭ ta̠tʰuda̠]

응급실에서 촌각을 다투고 있던 환자가 급하게 어디론가 옮겨진 후에야 류의 입술이 천천히 움직였다.

2017, 손보경, 정심심 멘탈 클리닉, 로맨스토리 [romaenseutori]:

Only after the patient who was in a race against time in the emergency room was urgently moved somewhere else did Ryu's lips slowly move.

송구합니다. 워낙 촌각을 다투는 일이라 이렇게 찾아뵙게 되었습니다.

2023, 고고로씨, 나를 증오하는 당신을 위하여 2 [nareul jeung'ohaneun dangsineul wihayeo 2], 퀸즈컬렉션 [kwinjeukeolleksyeon]:

I beg your pardon. I came to see [His Majesty] because it was such an urgent matter.

to be a race against time, to be very urgent


도를 아십니까

cliche often uttered by proselytizers of certain religions


한국어를 못합니다

[한(ː)구거를모탐니다]


조선어를 못합니다

[t͡ɕo̞sʰʌ̹nʌ̹ɾɯɭ mo̞tʰa̠mnida̠]


몇 개의 언어를 할 줄 아나요

몇 개-의 언어-를 할 줄 아나요?

몇 개의 언어를 할 줄 아나요? • (myeot gae-ui eoneo-reul hal jul anayo?)

myeot gae-ui eoneo-reul hal jul anayo? (romanization)

[mjʌ̹t̚ kɛɰi ʌ̹nʌ̹ɾɯɭ ha̠ɭ t͡ɕuɭ a̠na̠jo]

[mjʌ̹t̚ ke̞ɰi ʌ̹nʌ̹ɾɯɭ ha̠ɭ t͡ɕuɭ a̠na̠jo]

how many languages do you speak
how many languages do you speak


어떤 언어를 할 줄 아나요

어떤 언어-를 할 줄 아나요?

어떤 언어를 할 줄 아나요? • (eotteon eoneo-reul hal jul anayo?)

eotteon eoneo-reul hal jul anayo? (romanization)

[ʌ̹t͈ʌ̹n ʌ̹nʌ̹ɾɯɭ ha̠ɭ t͡ɕuɭ a̠na̠jo]

[어떤어너를할줄아나요]

what languages do you speak
what languages do you speak


눈에 밟히다

to be at the back of one's mind; to keep coming to mind


다다익선

the more the merrier
the more the merrier

the more the merrier, the more the better