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hazirah
What is "용용죽겠지" exactly?
Hey :D my 1st question here
Just wanted to know because this phrase was in the chorus of Block B's 난리나.
Someone said it is something like 'trying so hard will kill you' so yeah.. if that's the meaning, I'd gladly use this phrase whenever I procrastinate (okay just kidding) ^,^
Mar 20, 2012 2:15 PM
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“용” derives from a verb 용쓰다 which basically goes with humiliation or indignity.
용쓰다: to strain (for nothing), to make effort (for nothing)
to endure (physical) pain
to bite the bullet = eat the crow
죽겠지 from 죽겠다(basic form)
죽겠다 = ~to death
배고파 죽겠다. = (I’m) starving to death
보고 싶어 죽겠다. = (I) miss (you) to death or I miss you like crazy.
죽겠지 is often used either when you tease someone or when you take a wild guess and By adding 용용 in front of 죽겠지, it's apparently used when you tease someone.
March 21, 2012
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