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Korean idiom multiply or branch out

새끼 (를) The part “를” may be omitted. 치다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 새끼(를) 치다
  • 새끼를 치다
  • 새끼 치다

English rendering multiply or branch out Literal translation: “breed offspring”

Meaning 1

번식하는 것처럼 본 바탕의 가지를 늘어나게 하거나 덧붙여 불어 가게 하다.

To increase or add offshoots to an original base, making it grow as though reproducing.

Dictionary example 1

돈을 증권에 투자했는데 제법 새끼를 쳐서 적지 않은 돈이 되었다.

I invested the money in stocks, and it multiplied quite nicely into a substantial sum.

Dictionary example 2

유명인의 교통사고 소식이 새끼를 쳐서 죽었다는 말까지 돌았다.

The news of the celebrity’s traffic accident grew in the telling until rumors even circulated that the person had died.

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“새끼를 치다” — multiply or branch out: To increase or add offshoots to an original base, making it grow as though reproducing.
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