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Korean idiom bear a yoke

멍에 (를) The part “를” may be omitted. 메다 [쓰다] Possible alternative: “쓰다” · Usage not verified

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 멍에(를) 메다[쓰다]
  • 멍에를 메다
  • 멍에 메다
  • 멍에를 쓰다 Unverified form
  • 멍에 쓰다 Unverified form

English rendering bear a yoke Literal translation: “carry [wear] a yoke”

Meaning 1

마음대로 행동할 수 없도록 얽매이다.

To be bound so that one cannot act freely.

Dictionary example 1

우리 할아버님 세대는 식민지 백성이라는 멍에를 메고 고통 속에서 사셨다.

My grandfather’s generation lived in suffering under the yoke of being colonial subjects.

Dictionary example 2

그는 백정이라는 멍에를 쓰고 평생을 온갖 천대와 멸시 속에서 살았다.

Under the yoke of being a butcher, he spent his life suffering every kind of disdain and contempt.

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“멍에를 메다” — bear a yoke: To be bound so that one cannot act freely.
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