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팔아먹다

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동사 · verb고유어 · native Korean word

Meaning

  1. 1.

    sell — To give an object or a right to someone, after receiving money for it.

  2. 2.

    get distracted — To turn one’s attention or glance to other things.

  3. 3.

    send a child to work — (disparaging) To send one’s child to an inappropriate place to make money.

  4. 4.

    sell a woman; pimp — To trade someone like an object for money and force them to work in an unsuitable place.

  5. 5.

    marry a young child; send a child to work — To send one’s child to another family as a young daughter-in-law, or son-in-law, for money; or to make a child work at a certain place.

  6. 6.

    work — To provide one’s effort or labor for money.

  7. 7.

    prostitute — To allow someone to have a sexual relationship with you in return for money.

  8. 8.

    betray — To deceive oneself or give up one’s conscience to gain an inappropriate advantage.

  9. 9.

    depend on — To borrow someone’s power or rely on it, to gain one’s own advantage.

  10. 10.

    waste time — To waste one’s time, not gaining anything.

  11. 11.

    buy crops — To buy grain by paying money.

Conjugations

팔아먹어팔아먹으니팔아먹는팔아먹어요팔아먹었어팔아먹었어요팔아먹었습니다