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간장을 녹이다

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  • 간장을 녹이다

English rendering charm or torment Literal translation: “melt the liver and entrails”

Meaning 1

감언이설, 아양 따위로 상대편의 환심을 사다.

To win someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior.

Dictionary example 1

미인의 웃음은 뭇 사내의 간장을 녹인다.

A beautiful woman’s smile melts the hearts of many men.
동의어 간을 녹이다
Meaning 2

몹시 애타게 하다.

To make someone desperately anxious or distressed.

Dictionary example 1

너는 자꾸 거절만 해서 내 간장을 녹이는구나.

You keep refusing and are tormenting me.
동의어 간을 녹이다

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Illustration of the first meaning of “간을 녹이다”: To win someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior. 2 meanings Shared · 2 charm or torment To win someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior.

These idioms are linked to the same word, “간장”, in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “간장을 끊다”: Be terribly distressed or sad. Shared · 2 Be heartbroken Be terribly distressed or sad. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장을 태우다”: Make someone extremely anxious and uneasy Make someone fret Make someone extremely anxious and uneasy Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 끊어지다”: Find sorrow, anger, or the like so great that it is difficult to endure. Shared · 2 Be overwhelmed by grief or anger Find sorrow, anger, or the like so great that it is difficult to endure. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 녹다”: To feel more than ordinarily delighted because one likes something. 2 meanings Shared · 2 be charmed or tormented To feel more than ordinarily delighted because one likes something. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 사라지다”: Be so shocked or disappointed that it feels as though one’s liver has melted away Be overcome with shock or disappointment Be so shocked or disappointed that it feels as though one’s liver has melted away Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 썩다”: Feel deeply wounded. Be deeply hurt Feel deeply wounded. Illustration of the first meaning of “간장이 타다”: To be inwardly tormented by anxiety and worry. be consumed by anxiety To be inwardly tormented by anxiety and worry.

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Illustration of the first meaning of “결창이 터지다”: An insulting expression meaning that one’s entrails burst. 2 meanings burst with rage An insulting expression meaning that one’s entrails burst. Illustration of the first meaning of “고황에 들다”: Of an illness, penetrate so deeply into the body that it is hard to cure. An illness becomes deeply entrenched Of an illness, penetrate so deeply into the body that it is hard to cure. Illustration of the first meaning of “구곡간장을 녹이다”: To shock, disappoint, or torment someone so severely that it is as though their entire liver and entrails melt away. cause deep anguish To shock, disappoint, or torment someone so severely that it is as though their entire liver and entrails melt away. Illustration of the first meaning of “구곡간장이 녹다”: Be so shocked, disappointed, or anxious that one feels one’s liver entirely melting away Be utterly heartsick Be so shocked, disappointed, or anxious that one feels one’s liver entirely melting away Illustration of the first meaning of “똥집이 무겁다”: A vulgar expression for rarely getting up once one has sat down. Shared · 4 Be reluctant to get up A vulgar expression for rarely getting up once one has sat down. Illustration of the first meaning of “똥창이 맞다”: Coarsely, to be in agreement with one another. be on the same wavelength Coarsely, to be in agreement with one another. Illustration of the first meaning of “밥통이 떨어지다”: Colloquially, to lose one’s job. Shared · 2 lose one’s job Colloquially, to lose one’s job. Illustration of the first meaning of “배알이 꼴리다”: To find something offensive and disgusting. Shared · 2 feel sickened with resentment To find something offensive and disgusting. Illustration of the first meaning of “밸을 뽑다”: Coarsely, to reveal all the thoughts in one’s heart. Shared · 5 spill all one’s thoughts Coarsely, to reveal all the thoughts in one’s heart. Illustration of the first meaning of “밸을 삭이다”: Vulgarly, subdue or dispel one’s anger Calm one’s anger Vulgarly, subdue or dispel one’s anger

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