English rendering teach for a living Literal translation: “eat chalk dust”
Colloquially, to make teaching one’s profession.
Dictionary example 1
아직도 분필 가루를 먹고 지내나?
Dictionary example 2
나는 분필 가루를 먹는 이 직업을 천직으로 알고 일했다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text분필 가루를 먹다
Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
2 meanings Give up writing Cease literary activity. 
2 meanings put down one’s pen To bring a piece of writing to a close and stop writing. 
Begin writing Write prose or characters 
2 meanings Begin writing Begin to write. 
write fluently For one’s writing to flow smoothly without blockage. 
Writing flows For the writing one composes to proceed smoothly 
select To pick out and select. 
begin with an introduction To begin a speech or text before entering the main subject. 
make things up To invent a story or tell lies. 
Provide tracing guidelines Draw faint, thin guide lines or strokes for a beginner to trace. Browse in Hangul order.
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