Word details
굼벵이
- Pronunciation
- 굼ː벵이
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
cicada larva
The larva of a cicada or beetle.
slow person; slow thing
(figurative) Someone or something that moves very slowly.
Proverbs
굼벵이도 구르는[기는] 재주가 있다
Even cicada larva have the ability to roll[crawl]
Even a seeminly incompetent person has at least one thing he/she is good at.