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Korean idiom be delicate and sheer

잠자리 날개 같다

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English rendering be delicate and sheer Literal translation: “be like dragonfly wings”

Meaning 1

천 따위가 속이 비칠 만큼 매우 얇고 고움을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

A figurative expression for cloth or the like being so fine and thin that one can see through it.

Dictionary example 1

잠자리 날개 같은 치마저고리를 차려입으신 어머니.

Mother dressed in a skirt and jacket as fine as dragonfly wings.

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“잠자리 날개 같다” — be delicate and sheer: A figurative expression for cloth or the like being so fine and thin that one can see through it.
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