Word details
돈
- Pronunciation
- 돈ː
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 2
money
A coin or bill that is exchanged when trading goods or labor.
money; cost; expense
A cost incurred for buying goods or doing something.
money; riches
Property or wealth.
Idioms
돈을 굴리다
roll the money
To increase one's profit by lending money in return for interest.
돈을 까먹다
peel and eat money
To recklessly squander one's hard-earned money.
돈을 만지다
touch money
To earn money.
돈(을) 먹다
eat money
(slang) To take a bribe.
돈을 물 쓰듯 하다
spend money like using water
To recklessly spend money without saving any.
돈을 뿌리다
sprinkle money
To recklessly spend money on this and that.
돈을 찔러 주다
slip somebody money
To secretly give a bribe.
돈이 돌다
Money goes around
For money to be in circulation in the market.
돈이 썩어 나다
The money is getting rotten
To have too much money to use up.
Proverbs
돈은 있다가도 없어지고 없다가도 생기는 법이라
Sometimes you have money and then you lose it; other times you do not have money and then you get some
An expression used to advise some not to care too much about accumulating wealth since it is supposed to come and go.