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Korean idiom Keep a supply going; speak coherently

Idioms linked to “동02” · Linked dictionary word

동 (을) The part “을” may be omitted. 대다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 동(을) 대다
  • 동을 대다
  • 동 대다

English rendering Keep a supply going; speak coherently Literal translation: “Join the continuation”

Meaning 1

도중에 떨어지지 아니하게 계속 잇대다.

Continue linking something so that it does not run out midway.

Dictionary example 1

봄, 가을로 양식을 쌓아 두면 일 년은 동을 대어 먹을 수 있을 것이다.

If we store grain in spring and autumn, we should have an uninterrupted food supply for a year.
Meaning 2

말 따위를 조리에 맞게 하다.

Make one's words or the like coherent.

Dictionary example 1

길게 말하거나 짧게 말하거나 동을 대야 알아듣지 않겠소?

Whether you speak at length or briefly, it has to hang together for me to understand, doesn't it?

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“동을 대다” — Keep a supply going; speak coherently: Continue linking something so that it does not run out midway.
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