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Korean idiom take one’s first steps

걸음마를 타다

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  • 걸음마를 타다

English rendering take one’s first steps Literal translation: “begin toddling”

Meaning 1

어린아이가 처음으로 걸음걸이를 익히다.

For a young child to begin learning to walk.

Dictionary example 1

돌이 안 된 어린아이가 걸음마를 타려고 한다.

The baby, not yet a year old, is trying to take its first steps.
Meaning 2

어떤 일이나 사업에서 이제 겨우 익히기 시작함을 이르는 말.

An expression meaning to have only just begun learning a task or enterprise.

Dictionary example 1

선생님께선 저의 춤이 걸음마를 탄다고 말씀하셨다.

My teacher said that my dancing was only taking its first steps.

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“걸음마를 타다” — take one’s first steps: For a young child to begin learning to walk.
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