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업다

Pronunciation
업따
Part of speech
verb
Vocabulary level
intermediate
Derivative
업히다01, 업히다02
Application
업어 [어버 ]
업으니 [어브니 ]
업는 [엄는 ]

carry someone on one's back

To carry a person on one's back by holding him/her with one's hands or tying him/her with something.

be backed by

To use someone else's power or influence to one's advantage.

group the mal tokens

To have a team's tokens called mals on the same station travel around the board together in yunnori, a traditional Korean game.

Idioms

업어 가도 모르다

not know even know that you are being carried on someone's back

For someone to be so deeply asleep that making a noise or shaking him/her will not wake him/her up.