Idioms linked to “도깨비” · Linked dictionary word
English rendering Be impossible to make sense of Literal translation: “Be like a goblin’s prank”
Be unable to discern a pattern because someone’s actions are unclear
Dictionary example 1
이랬다저랬다 하니 무슨 도깨비 장난 같다 .
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text도깨비 장난 같다
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A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
Show a bad omen Express that an unfavorable sign appears. 
coax someone into leaving An expression for doing nothing but soothe and coax someone away, fearing they might not leave. 
Want to drag others down too A malicious disposition of trying to drag others into one’s predicament when oneself is in trouble 
Shared · 2 drown To fall into water and die. 
Have a troublesome ancestral spirit In folk belief, have an ancestor who became a spirit after dying while chanting Buddhist prayers, making the descendants difficult to raise 
2 meanings Bring disaster; be absurdly cheap Have disaster arise because of an object. 
Install the household guardian Perform a rite to install Seongju as the household's guardian spirit. 
have a spirit descend onto a ritual branch For a spirit to descend onto a ritual branch while a shaman or the like recites an invocation. 
perform a rite for the dead For a shaman to perform a rite praying for the repose of a dead person. 
Be possessed by a deity For a deity to attach to a shaman, causing spiritual behavior Browse in Hangul order.
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