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망하다 meaning and pronunciation

manghada · be ruined; be destroyed

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 15942
Part of speech: 동사Pronunciation: 망하다Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    개인이나 집단이 제 구실을 하지 못하여 흩어지거나 없어지다.

    English: be ruined; be destroyed — For an individual or group to not function and scatter or disappear.

    Examples

    • 망한 가게.
    • 망한 나라.
    • 가정이 망하다.
    • 회사가 망하다.
    • 쫄딱 망하다.
    • 폭삭 망하다.
  2. 2.

    마음에 들지 않는 사람이나 대상에게 저주하는 뜻으로 하는 말.

    English: damn you — An expression shot at someone or something who one hates as a curse.

    Examples

    • 망할 공부.
    • 망할 년.
    • 망할 놈.
    • 망할 도둑놈.
    • 망할 자식.
    • 민준이는 항상 망할 놈의 집구석이 싫다고 말한다.
Origin
亡하다
Categories
삶 > 삶의 상태

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