Word details
꿩
- Pronunciation
- 꿩
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
pheasant
A bird similar in size to a chicken, which has a long tail and black spots on its multi-colored feathers.
Proverbs
꿩 구워 먹은 소식
news that is roasted and eaten with a pheasant
An expression to describe a situation where there is no news at all.
꿩 대신 닭
a chicken instead of a pheasant
An expression to describe a situation where something is replaced with something else similar when the exact same thing is not found.
꿩 먹고 알 먹는다[먹기]
eat[eating] a pheasant and its eggs; kill two birds with one stone
To gain more than two benefits with a single effort.