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재주

Pronunciation
재주
Part of speech
noun
Vocabulary level
intermediate

talent

An inborn ability to do something well.

trick; way

A way or idea to cope with something.

Idioms

재주를 넘다

to do a handspring

To leap forward into a handstand and then flip back onto one's feet.

재주를 부리다

exercise one's talent

To show novel skills or techniques.

Proverbs

재주는 곰이 넘고 돈은 주인이 받는다

A bear does a handspring and its owner takes the money; One beats the bush and another catches the birds

An expression used to describe a situation where a person is not paid for what he/she has done while another person wrongfully benefits from it.