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Korean idiom avert future bad luck through a lesser ordeal

수 (를) The part “를” may be omitted. 때우다

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  • 수를 때우다
  • 수 때우다

English rendering avert future bad luck through a lesser ordeal Literal translation: “pay off one’s fate”

Meaning 1

앞으로 닥쳐올 불길한 운수를 미리 다른 일을 겪음으로써 면하다.

To avoid impending bad luck by undergoing some other experience beforehand.

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“수를 때우다” — avert future bad luck through a lesser ordeal: To avoid impending bad luck by undergoing some other experience beforehand.
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