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Korean idiom cause deep anguish

구곡간장을 녹이다

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  • 구곡간장을 녹이다

English rendering cause deep anguish Literal translation: “melt the nine-bending liver and entrails”

Meaning 1

몹시 놀라거나 실망하게 하거나 애를 태우게 하여 간장이 온통 녹아 없어지는 것처럼 만들다.

To shock, disappoint, or torment someone so severely that it is as though their entire liver and entrails melt away.

Dictionary example 1

구곡간장을 녹이는 듯한 슬픔이 복받치다.

A sorrow that seemed to melt my very innards welled up.

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“구곡간장을 녹이다” — cause deep anguish: To shock, disappoint, or torment someone so severely that it is as though their entire liver and entrails melt away.
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