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떡볶이 is a dish of rice cakes, commonly served in a spicy red sauce.
-지만 connects the contrast “spicy but delicious.”
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떡볶이가 맵지만 맛있어요.
tteokbokkiga maepjiman masisseoyo.
Tteokbokki is spicy but delicious.
시장에서 떡볶이를 먹었어요.
sijangeseo tteokbokkireul meogeosseoyo.
I ate tteokbokki at the market.
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