Words
새언니 | noun | none |
brother's wife
A word used to refer to or address the wife of one's older brother.
새엄마 | noun | intermediate |
stepmother
(children's term) A word used to refer to or address one's stepmother.
새옹지마 | noun | advanced |
blessing in disguise
A phrase that means life is difficult to predict; a blessing can turn into bad fortune and bad fortune can turn into a blessing.
새우 | noun | intermediate |
shrimp; prawn
A small crustacean with a bent back, long whiskers and many legs that lives in the water.
no part of speech | none |
새우잠 | noun | none |
sleeping curled up; catnap
The act or state of sleeping uncomfortably curled up like a shrimp.
no part of speech | none |
새ː총 | noun | none |
slingshot
A Y-shaped stick used to shoot a bird.
slingshot
A Y-shaped stick or piece of metal with a rubber band between both ends, used for shooting a stone.
새ː치 | noun | none |
premature gray hair
Gray hair that grows mixed with black hair on a young person's head.
새ː치기 | noun | none |
cutting in line; line jumping; line jumper
An act of ignoring one's turn and butting in front of another person; or a person doing such an act.
cutting in; butting in
An act of intervening and then stealing someone's achievement, or interrupting the progress of work; or a person doing such an act.
새ː치기하다 | verb | none |
cut in line; jump in line
To ignore one's turn and butt in front of another person.
cut in; butt in
To intervene and then steal someone's achievement, or interrupt the progress of work.
새치름하다 | adjective | none |
coy
Being a little cold with others in one's personality or behavior as if he/she had no interest in them.
새치미 | noun | none |
cold attitude; coldness
A slightly cold attitude as if one doesn't care about others.