뒤땅까다
[dui-ddang-gga-da]
to bitch about someone; talk trash; talk shit
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Meaning & context
뒤땅의 의미는 한국의 전통 민속게임 윷놀이로부터 유래하였다. 이것은 윷놀이에서, 상대 편의 말이 다 앞선 뒤의 뒤쫓고 있는 다른 말들을 의미한다. 이것이 까다의 때리다라는 의 미와 결합되면서 누군가를 뒤에서 욕하는 것을 뜻하게 되었다.
The meaning of duiddang comes from the traditional Korean game of yut, in which it means to be among the group trailing the lead horse. When combined with the hitting aspect of ggada, it has come to mean speaking ill of someone. Similar to the English expressions “talk behind somebody’s back,” “trash talk” or ”talk shit about someone,” and relates to a gossip monger. Synonyms: 뒷담[dui-dam] & 뒷담화[dui-dam-hwa] gossip (literally “back wall talk”), 뒷
담화까다[duid-dam-hwa-gga-da] say spiteful things (literally, behind someone’s head).
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 90–90. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
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절대 안돼! 또 다른 박이 대선후보 당선이야? 근혜가 과보를 잇게 되었어. 때로는 업보가 세대를 뛰어넘기도 하지.
Another Park in office? Never! GeunHye got what she deserved. Sometimes Karma skips a generation.
넌 뒤땅까는 것 좀 자제해. 난 네가 뒤땅이었던 때를 기억하고 있어. 그리고난뒤 세력을 다시 잡은거잖아...
Maybe you shouldn’t duiddang-ggada so much. I remember when you were the duiddang. And you came back to take the lead again . . .
네가 맞다. 우리 김씨들이 본보기가 되어야지.
You’re right. We Kims need to lead by example.
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