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unmask To reveal an identity concealed behind a false front. Drop the mask Abandon a falsely assumed appearance and reveal one’s true identity Hide one's true intentions Conceal one's true intentions and outwardly pretend otherwise. play ceremonial guest music To perform music for welcoming distinguished guests. paint one’s face To smear ink, paint, or the like here and there on one’s face. Perform as a gunung spirit Come out dressed as a gunung deity and perform. Just watch from the sidelines Merely watch another person’s affairs without interfering cast a spell To use magic to cloud another person’s judgment and captivate their mind. come to a close To end a stage performance or an event. Open a performance or event Begin a stage performance or an event Begin a performance or event Of a stage performance or event, begin. step onto the stage To participate in a competition or performance. Appear on stage Participate in a performance 2 meanings Be staged; appear on stage Be performed. stage a performance To perform a work. Stand on someone’s shoulders Climb onto and stand on another’s shoulders Mark the beginning For an undertaking to begin Be human only in appearance Literally, have only a human outward form; describe behavior or nature unworthy of a human wield a sword skillfully To wield a sword skillfully. Be honored with a formal dance Enjoy the honor of a formal dance ceremony being performed for oneself Reveal one's true self Abandon a falsely contrived appearance and reveal one's original self. 2 meanings wear a disguise or resemble someone To disguise oneself so that one’s true nature is concealed. An outsider to the matter A person with no connection to that affair. Have a showdown Vulgarly, face one another in a single contest, such as a fight

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2 meanings Begin a performance; play music Perform the first movement of an entertaining activity. 2 meanings Follow or pick up a tune Play along with a tune. gain momentum at work For energy or efficiency at work to increase. 2 meanings Be in step Have movements or beats harmonize well Achieve a great success Achieve a great result. 2 meanings Perform a geollip rite or fundraiser Perform a shamanic ritual segment honoring the minor geollip deity 5 meanings Spout nonsense; exaggerate; drink; confess; bawl Slang: recklessly say inappropriate things. 5 meanings Blare out or drink straight from a bottle Vulgarly, speak unreasonable things recklessly spend freely when flush and struggle when broke A figurative expression for a person without steady assets to live on spending lavishly whenever money comes in and struggling when none is available. gang up and beat someone For one person after another to rush at someone and beat them indiscriminately. Listen indifferently Listen casually to another’s words as though they have nothing to do with oneself With clear, melodious sound Figuratively, describe a sound or voice as clear or beautiful. Back up someone’s words Support another’s words from beside them pound away indiscriminately To beat or strike something indiscriminately. Handle matters with sound judgment Figuratively, deal with affairs well and steadfastly according to their circumstances be driven out after a failed healing rite For a professional ritual reciter to be driven out carrying the drum when the sick person dies during the recitation. Drive out a ritual reciter When a sick person dies during scripture recitation, burden the reciter with their drum and drive them away 2 meanings Ring a warning bell or spread a secret Shake a large brass warning bell Announce a discovery Shout to inform many people of something one has found. have a traditional instrumental ensemble perform To assemble the traditional six-part instrumental ensemble and have it perform music. have a beautifully clear voice For a sound to be extremely beautiful and pleasant. Play along with someone Speak or act to suit another person's mood or wishes. Begin playing to the rhythm Begin playing a melody in time with the piece's rhythm. beat time To beat a janggu, drum, or the like in time with instrumental music or singing. 2 meanings Keep in rhythm or harmony Have the rhythm fit well Exchange words in support Exchange words to help an affair or conversation go well Have music performed Cause music to be performed Have traditional music played Have traditional music announced or performed pull the strings Colloquially, to incite and manipulate from behind the scenes. 3 meanings dawdle complacently To dawdle idly and complacently.

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Control one’s yut throws When playing yut, throw the sticks skillfully so they land face down or face up as desired Throw the desired yut score In yut, obtain the desired score to move to a nearby position. play jacks To play the game of gonggi, Korean jacks. Handle at will Handle or manipulate an affair or person easily as one pleases Handle effortlessly at will Handle or manipulate an affair or person easily as one pleases The decision passes to someone else For decision-making authority to pass to the other party or elsewhere 2 meanings Have a winning streak or strong clout In gambling or the like, have favorable scores come up repeatedly 2 meanings Have good luck or influence In gambling or the like, repeatedly receive good scores. 2 meanings cast blame or resign a game To criticize another person’s wrongdoing. Bet alongside another gambler In a gambling game, attach oneself to another and stake money place game pieces To place pieces on a game board. Be evenly matched opponents Usually said in janggi, figuratively describe two opponents whose contest is difficult to decide. Be evenly matched An expression usually used in Korean chess; figuratively, two opponents are so evenly opposed that the winner is hard to determine Enter a piece onto the board In yut, move a playing piece from the starting area to the first position. attach a kite’s bridle To attach bridle strings to a kite. 2 meanings Snatch a kite; intercept property Throw a weighted line to catch another person's kite. Move to the inner mo position In yut, move a playing piece to inner mo, the fifth position from mo toward jjimo move a piece to the inner crossroad In yut, to move a piece to sokmo, the fifth position on the route from mo to jjimo. Be outmatched Have an opponent seize on a weakness in one’s words or actions, or be inferior to the opponent Have a forceful hand Have very strong power to dominate or handle others. be highly resourceful To be exceptionally skillful in one’s methods. Throw ssangnyuk dice Throw the dice when playing ssangnyuk, a traditional backgammon-like game Judge decisively Figuratively, describe a clear-cut judgment be evenly matched A figurative expression for two opponents being so evenly matched that the outcome is hard to decide, taken from expressions commonly used in Korean chess. Defend against check In janggi, avoid or block check. Defend against check In janggi, avoid or block check. be evenly matched A figurative expression for two opponents being so evenly matched that the outcome is hard to decide, from expressions commonly used in Korean chess. 2 meanings Toss about or tease Lift a child up and down in the air in bewildering play 2 meanings A house becomes available or territory forms For a house to become available to buy or sell strip away all essentials To remove all valuable and essential things. 2 meanings An overwhelming offensive; the core force Figuratively, an offensive that presses so hard one cannot move. make a kite nosedive In kite flying, to let out the main line so that the kite’s head dives downward. Make a kite dive In kite flying, let out the line to make the kite’s nose plunge downward deal the game pieces To sort and distribute pieces or cards such as dominoes or flower cards. Finance a gambling game Become the financier or bankroll provider in a gambling game Score lowest in an archery wager Score the fewest hits in the yeonjeonttinaegi team archery wager suffer a humiliating setback To suffer a very humiliating defeat or setback. 2 meanings Offer unsolicited advice For a spectator to intervene and comment in a game of go or Korean chess A worthless trifle Figuratively, something trivial and entirely useless.

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Enter the teaching profession Work in the teaching profession Recite a lesson from memory Recite a learned text from memory before one's teacher, an examiner, or an elder. hear a recitation To have someone recite a text from memory in one’s presence. scribble illegibly To scrawl handwriting carelessly. Work as a teacher Live and work as a teacher Stop teaching Give up life as a teacher. mark a proof as corrected To write or stamp on a proof that proofreading is complete. Quit teaching Voluntarily give up working as a schoolteacher Stop teaching Give up life as a schoolteacher. teach at a school To work as a teacher at a school. be out of reach An expression for something one cannot use or possess, however much one likes it. Make a fine-looking couple Sarcastically say that a man and woman together look well matched. have little literacy To be unable to read, or to have insufficient learning. Literally Without exaggeration or falsehood 3 meanings Mark for deletion; cancel Draw a bent mark in the margin of a document. 3 meanings Mark for deletion or cancel Draw an angled cancellation mark in a document’s margin Bring to an end For an affair to end or be brought to an end study books To read books and study letters. Be ink-black Figuratively, describe an extremely black or dark state. Acquire book learning Read books and study texts Be pitch-black Figuratively, be extremely black and dark in color. Have coherent context For the relations between parts of a passage to be readily understood Literally Exactly as factual, without any exaggeration. Speak pretentiously Disparagingly, speak with difficult Chinese-character idioms, stock phrases, or sentences mixed in. Be skilled at composition and calligraphy Be unusually accomplished at composing texts and writing characters Have literary talent Have a talent for composing or writing. A very slight difference Figuratively, an extremely slight difference. teach for a living Colloquially, to make teaching one’s profession. 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. 2 meanings Cover up an error Lightly apply diluted ink over an incorrect spot to conceal it Ink spreads at the edges Have diluted ink spread around the edges of brushstrokes or dots in writing or a painting. learn to choose rhyming characters To begin learning classical Chinese poetry and only just learn how to choose rhyming characters. Chime in affirmatively Append words to emphasize or affirm what was said before. begin speaking To begin speaking in order to tell a story. 2 meanings Follow a rhyme or imitate conduct Write a classical Chinese poem in response to another’s, or following its rhyme words Begin speaking Begin speaking to tell a story. 2 meanings A paper-thin difference Figuratively, an extremely small interval or gap. Bring to an end For an affair to end or be brought to an end run away To flee or run away. add a comment or objection To append a remark about what has just been said. Write for a living Engage in the work of composing writing Begin one's account Begin the opening of writing or speech. Mark a clear dividing line Clearly distinguish a range or period.

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open for business To open a business or for an organization to begin its activities. Close down Close a business or cease the activities of an organization or the like Acquire credentials for show Slang: obtain educational credentials or a pretext to display outwardly. reveal a secret To reveal a secret. 2 meanings Send advance notice Send an official notice of an official’s expected arrival Be easy to spot Be readily noticeable. Stamp a seal Impress a seal. 2 meanings seal an agreement or claim ownership To stamp a document and enter into an agreement. Be unmistakably marked For a fact or trace to stand out clearly Be nowhere near the same league Differ so greatly in level or degree that comparison is impossible. make one’s presence known To make one’s existence visible. Send the marriage birth chart After agreeing to a marriage, write and send the document of the four birth pillars Take the birth-data letter for marriage After marriage talks are settled, take the document listing the prospective spouse's birth data. receive the marriage horoscope document For marriage negotiations to be settled and the document recording the birth horoscope to arrive. Give advance notice Inform in advance. Add one's signature mark Write one's personal signature mark. divorce one’s wife An expression for separating from one’s wife, referring to the old custom among the lower classes of cutting off and giving a clothing ribbon in place of a divorce document. Play innocent Pretend not to have done what one did or not to know what one knows stigmatize To judge or characterize an incident or person as dishonorable so deeply that the stigma is difficult to erase. Affix a seal Stamp with a seal be affiliated with To belong to an organization. Transfer one’s affiliation Change one’s affiliation Invoke a legal provision Cite a particular clause of a rule or law. Trace the origins Clarify the source of a matter. Declare one's candidacy Announce an intention to join a match, competition, or the like. declare one’s candidacy To announce one’s intention to enter a competition, contest, or the like. Announce one's arrival Announce someone's arrival and request an audience. be all alike For things to have the same appearance or for exactly the same event to be repeated. A stock phrase Unchanging words with no new information. be stereotyped To be stale through repeating words and actions according to a fixed convention. Go through successive printings Reprint an already published book using the same printing plates 2 meanings Acquire a bad label; accept being singled out Acquire a nickname through something unfavorable. give someone a derogatory nickname To give someone a nickname based on something unfavorable. Cast a vote Exercise voting rights by ballot.

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Threaten someone Vulgarly, intimidate someone into feeling fear Threaten someone Slang: intimidate someone into feeling fear. Need no lengthy discussion Have no need to elaborate at length. Feel hurt by criticism Feel displeased after being scolded. Have no solution in sight Have no solution prepared or coming to mind. If you say another word If one says even the slightest thing to the contrary be unable to object further To be cowed and unable to say anything more one way or the other. If you say another word If one says anything even slightly different. It goes without saying Emphasizes that what has already been said is certainly true and needs no further words Go without saying Be so self-evident that there is no room for further words. exactly as stated Precisely as the fact being expressed. Chime in Join in speaking beside someone else who is talking. pick up on someone’s words To seize upon a particular remark while someone is speaking and use it as a point to discuss. get an introduction arranged To have an avenue open for discussions about being introduced to someone. Quibble relentlessly over words Seize on something in another’s words and question it persistently pick up where someone leaves off To speak immediately after someone else has finished. Keep the conversation going Connect words so the conversation does not break off Pick at someone's wording Seize on weaknesses in a poorly phrased part of another person's words. add a further remark To add a remark after one has finished speaking. Seize on a verbal slip Seize on a weakness in an incorrectly expressed part of someone’s remarks Don't even ask Emphasize that a fact exceeds the ordinary. Make no sense Be impossible to realize or contrary to reason 2 meanings speak well or give a mild scolding To speak fairly well and coherently. Talk without acting Speak before acting and fail to follow through. Cut someone off Stop another person speaking in the middle of their remarks Stop someone speaking Make someone unable to speak Begin speaking Open one's mouth and begin talking. be able to speak For words to come out of one’s mouth. Be left speechless Become unable to get words out of one’s mouth Start to speak Come to open one's mouth and speak. stand firm in one’s argument To refuse to yield in one’s assertions. Have one's words carry weight Have things carried out as one says. start talking Colloquially, to open one’s mouth and begin speaking. Begin speaking Open one’s mouth and start speaking 2 meanings Start a topic or disclose a secret Begin speaking on some topic 2 meanings Be criticized; respond to handling Receive reprimands or become a target of criticism. begin to speak To begin speaking. Coordinate one’s stories Ensure one’s account matches another’s in order to tell a third party the same thing be beyond words To be so extreme that one cannot bear to describe it in words. Hold back one's words Stop oneself from saying what one intended. be speechless To be unable to speak from shock or disbelief. 2 meanings Speak haltingly or harshly Have one’s words stammer and falter 2 meanings A topic arises; a secret gets out A conversation about something begins. 2 meanings make sense or reach an agreement For what is said to be reasonable. 2 meanings Be talkative or controversial Be extremely talkative Have no words in reply Have no words with which to respond Be indescribably bad Of circumstances or conditions, be too bad to express in words. Be careful in one's words Be prudent and avoid careless speech. speak fluently For words to come smoothly without hesitation. 2 meanings be nonsensical or in a dreadful state For words to be unreasonable. Have already been discussed Have a matter raised or discussed. To speak frankly Honestly, according to the facts go without saying To be so obvious that there is no need to mention it deliberately. Needless to say Without needing to say it because it is so obvious. Be indescribable Be impossible to express in words Cut someone off mid-sentence Stop another person while they are speaking. Remain perfectly composed Remain calm with no change in words or complexion begin with an introduction To begin a speech or text before entering the main subject. Use someone's words as evidence Use another person's words as evidence for what one wishes to say. give a hint To provide a clue from which the outcome of an event or phenomenon can be predicted. Spar verbally Argue with each other using words Talk forcefully and persistently Speak tenaciously with verbal force. Begin one's account Begin the opening of writing or speech.

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Discord is sown Have words that sow discord intrude upon an otherwise harmonious affair Spout nonsense Say nonsense that does not make sense. Talk bullshit Blurt out utterly unreasonable things embellish the truth To exaggerate beyond what actually happened. Sound a warning Forewarn of a mistake or danger and call attention to it have an audience with a superior To meet a superior. sound a horn To make a horn sound. A horn sounds Have a horn sound Tell outrageous lies Boast or tell utterly groundless lies. Make someone a target of gossip Make someone the subject of unfavorable discussion. become a target of gossip To become the subject of unfavorable gossip. Mutter under one’s breath Speak in a low mumble so others cannot hear raise one’s voice sharply To shout loudly out of irritation. Quietly and unnoticed Stealthily, without being revealed. Spread a rumor Make a rumor circulate be utterly uninformed A coarse expression for knowing no news at all. 2 meanings Be highly effective; fit exactly Have a very strong effect. Curse furiously Vulgarly, curse with all one’s might Now that you mention it An expression indicating one will state one’s thoughts or opinion since the topic has arisen Be a different matter Have conditions, circumstances, or the like change. gossip incessantly To keep talking indiscreetly. babble indiscreetly To speak carelessly, chatteringly, and frivolously. Dispense with idle talk Refrain from unnecessary words or questions

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