Word details
젖
- Pronunciation
- 젇
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
- Application
- 젖이 [저지 ]
젖도 [젇또 ]
젖만 [전만 ]
milk; breast milk
A white, opaque liquid that is excreted from the human or animal breasts after giving birth.
breasts
A pair of bulging parts on the animal or human chest or abdomen.
Idioms
젖(을) 떼다
detach someone from the breast
To stop breastfeeding a baby or cub and feed it with other food.
Proverbs
젖 먹은 힘까지 다 낸다
exercise even the strength that was used to suckle the breast of one's mother
To devote all of one's energy and strength.