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Meaning of this phrase?
Some Korean friends were kind of making fun of me saying I was "ttatdaphae" My romanization of the phrase may be incorrect because I can't remember it clearly, but does anyone know what that means and what it is in hangeul? 고마워요!
Oct 29, 2013 10:24 PM
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(1) This room feels very stuffy.
이 방은 너무 답답하다.
(2) I felt I was stifling in the airless room.
나는 공기가 통하지 않는 그 방에 있으려니 답답했었다(숨이 막히는 것 같았다).
(3) My shirt is too tight. I feel like I'm suffocating(constricted).
셔츠가 너무 껴서 답답하다.
(4) My stomach feels heavy from indigestion.
소화가 안 돼서 속이 답답하다.
(source: http://blog.naver.com/specialk007?Redirect=Log&logNo=10168900510 )
October 31, 2013
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I think it is 답답해 (dap dap hae), it means frustrated. ^o^
October 30, 2013
i agree with Stella, i think it's 답답해.
October 30, 2013
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Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Other), English, French, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese
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