Word details
똥
- Pronunciation
- 똥
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
feces; excrement
Foul-smelling waste matter that is expelled from the body of a human or animal after digestion.
residue
Dried residue of Chinese ink or a ballpoint pen, or of melted metal.
A card with paulowinia on it that is used in hwatu, a Korean card game.
Idioms
똥(을) 뀌다
fart feces
To let out a fart.
똥(을) 밟다
step on dung
To have bad luck.
똥(을) 싸다
to defecate
(slang) To do something very hard or struggle to do it.
똥(이) 되다
become feces
To lose one's face and fall into a miserable and hopeless situation.
Proverbs
똥 누고 밑 아니 씻은 것 같다
feel like not having wiped off one's behind after defecating
To feel uneasy since something is finished in a rough and incomplete manner.
똥 누는 놈 주저앉히기
pressing down on someone while he/she is defecating
Nasty and mean mind or behavior that tries to harrass others.
똥 누러 갈 적 마음 다르고 올 적 마음 다르다
have a certain state of mind before taking a dump, but have a different state of mind afterwards; Once on shore, we pray no more; The danger past and God forgotten
For one to beg someone desperately for help when his/her help is urgently needed, but to ignore him/her after things have finished and their troubles have ended.
똥 묻은 개가 겨 묻은 개 나무란다
A dog with dung rebukes a dog with husks of grain
For one with greater faults or defects to speak ill of someone with smaller faults.
똥이 무서워 피하나 더러워 피하지
Dung is shunned not because it is scary, but because it is dirty
An expression meaning one avoids someone not because one is fearful of him/her, but because one sees him/her as being beneath one's notice.