Word details
밥
- Pronunciation
- 밥
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Derivative
- 밥하다
- Application
- 밥이 [바비 ]
밥도 [밥또 ]
밥만 [밤만 ]
steamed rice; rice
A dish made by boiling rice and other grains until the water has cooked away.
meal
Food that is eaten at particular times of the day.
feed
Food that animals eat.
interests
Something that one should take possession of.
pushover
(figurative) Someone who is used or sacrificed by someone else.
Idioms
밥 구경(을) 하다
sightsee rice
To have a meal after a long time.
밥 구경을 못하다
be unable to sightsee rice
To be unable to have a meal at all.
밥 먹듯 하다
as if eating rice
To do something very frequently.
밥(을) 벌다
earn rice
To work and get paid to make a living.
밥(을) 주다
give rice
To wind up a spring to make a clock work.
Proverbs
밥 먹을 때는 개도 안 때린다
You should not beat the dog when it is eating rice
It is advised to not scold or rebuke someone when he/she is eating even if he/she did something seriously wrong.
밥 빌어다가 죽을 쑤어 먹을 놈[자식]
a guy[fellow] who would beg for rice and cook juk, rice porridge, with it
A person who is not only lazy, but also stupid.
밥 안 먹어도 배부르다
be full even without eating rice
To be very satisfied because something good happens.
밥은 열 곳에 가 먹어도 잠은 한 곳에서 자랬다
You have to sleep at one place even if you may eat rice at ten different places
People are advised to live in a fixed residence.