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how to say this in korean?
how do you say "play with fire" in korean?
i know a bit of korean but no matter how hard i think the sentence just sounds weird :-(
thanks a lot!!!
May 13, 2016 1:28 AM
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If you translate 'play with fire' literally into Korean, it would be '불과 놀다', which sounds very awkward. Instead, there's a specific phrasal verb, '불장난 하다.'
May 13, 2016
play= 놀다
with= ~와 함께
fire= 불
so it means directly 불을 가지고(have),피우고(make) 놀다.
but if you meant "try something dangerous", "불장난을 하다"
May 13, 2016
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