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Korean idiom Pass one’s summer heat to another

Idioms linked to “더위” · Linked dictionary word

더위 (를) The part “를” may be omitted. 팔다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 더위(를) 팔다
  • 더위를 팔다
  • 더위 팔다

English rendering Pass one’s summer heat to another Literal translation: “Sell the heat”

Meaning 1

정월 보름날에 행해지는 더위팔기 풍습에서 나온 말로, 남의 이름을 불러 상대방이 대답을 하면 자신의 더위를 남에게 주어 한여름에 더위를 먹지 않게 됨을 이르는 말.

From the heat-selling custom on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month: call someone’s name and, when they answer, give them one’s heat so as to avoid heat illness in midsummer

Dictionary example 1

그는 대보름날 아침에 친구에게 더위를 팔고 빙그레 웃으며 들어왔다.

On the morning of the first full moon, he sold his heat to a friend and came in smiling.

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“더위를 팔다” — Pass one’s summer heat to another: From the heat-selling custom on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month: call someone’s name and, when they answer, give them one’s heat so as to avoid heat illness in midsummer
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