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Korean idiom be scarred with sorrow

Idioms linked to “가슴” · Linked dictionary word

가슴에 멍이 들다 [지다] Possible alternative: “지다” · Usage not verified

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 가슴에 멍이 들다[지다]
  • 가슴에 멍이 들다
  • 가슴에 멍이 지다 Unverified form

English rendering be scarred with sorrow Literal translation: “a bruise forms [appears] on the heart”

Meaning 1

마음속에 쓰라린 고통과 모진 슬픔이 지울 수 없이 맺히다.

For bitter pain and harsh sorrow to become indelibly lodged in one’s heart.

Dictionary example 1

세상의 천대와 멸시로 가슴에 멍이 든 사람.

A person whose heart is scarred by the world’s disdain and contempt.

Dictionary example 2

어미 가슴에 멍이 들게 한 불효자식 같으니.

You unfilial child, bruising your mother’s heart.

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“가슴에 멍이 들다” — be scarred with sorrow: For bitter pain and harsh sorrow to become indelibly lodged in one’s heart.
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