삼키다

samkida · [삼키다]

swallow · take · hold back

verbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. swallowTo put something in one's mouth and swallow.
  2. takeTo make another person's money or property one's own in an unfair manner.
  3. swallow; hold backTo repress one's emotion or expression.

Examples from Lessons (3)

Actually, in that scene earlier where the lead swallows their tears, I couldn't help but choke up, too.

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그 막막함조차 그냥 씹어 삼키는 거지.

You just swallow even that overwhelming feeling.

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One day, the arrogance you’ve spewed will come back to swallow you whole.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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