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잘못되다

jalmotdoeda[잘몯뙤다]Beginner · TOPIK I

go wrong

Verb

  1. 1

    go wrong

    For something to go wrong or come to fail.

    Korean definition: 일이 틀리거나 실패하게 되다.

    • The bill was calculated wrong, so I paid more than the actual charge.

    • I rearranged the books that were out of order by number.

  2. 2

    go wrong

    For a person to become bad or come to commit an act of injustice.

    Korean definition: 사람이 옳지 못하게 되거나 나쁘게 되다.

    • When I was young, I went down the wrong path and lost all my fortune.

    • The teacher guided the students down the right path so they wouldn't go astray.

  3. 3

    die; become ill

    (euphemism) To come to be sick or die due to an unexpected accident or disease.

    Korean definition: (완곡한 말로) 예상하지 못한 사고나 병으로 아프게 되거나 죽다.

    • I hurried home on hearing the news that my uncle had been badly hurt in an accident.

    • When the child came down with a fever, the parents stayed up all night worrying something might happen to him.