Word details
남
- Pronunciation
- 남
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 3
others; another person
A person other than me.
stranger
A person who has no relationship or has broken a relationship with me.
Idioms
남 좋은 일을 하다[시키다]
do[help others benefit by doing] what is good for others
To do something very hard, but the results benefit only others, not oneself.
남의 등(을) 쳐 먹다
hit and eat the back of another person
To take something from someone in a crafty and bad way.
남의 말(을) 하다
say something about another person
To talk about someone behind his/her back.
남의 밑에 들다
fall under another person
For one's level or ability to fall behind that of someone.
남의 밑에 들어가다
go into and under another person
To be hired by someone and work for him/her.
Proverbs
남의 장단에 춤춘다
dance to another person's beat
To follow exactly what someone does without expressing one's own opinion.
남의 떡이 더 커 보인다
Another person's tteok, rice cake, looks bigger than mine
To feel that something owned by someone is much better than mine.
남의 잔치[장/제사]에 감 놓아라 배 놓아라 한다
say 'put a persimon here, put a pear there' at another person's party[shelf/ancestral rites]
To interfere in the business of someone by saying 'do this, do that'.