Word details
벙어리
- Pronunciation
- 벙어리
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
mute
(disparaging) A person who cannot speak due to abnormalities of his/her speech apparatus.
Proverbs
벙어리 냉가슴 앓듯
as if a mute suffers from his/her chilly heart
An expression used to refer to a situation where one gets anxious and frustrated as one cannot speak one's mind or explain one's circumstances.