No. 11,879 in Korean
넘치고
"넘치고" means "overflowing" or "exceeding."
In a sentence
그녀의 열정이 넘치고 있어요.
Her passion is overflowing.
In this sentence, '넘치고 있어요' refers to the action of overflowing or being in excess, applied to her passion in a figurative sense.
물이 넘치고 있어요.
The water is overflowing.
Here, '넘치고 있어요' describes the physical action of water overflowing, providing a literal usage of the term.
사람들의 기쁨이 넘치고 있었습니다.
People’s joy was overflowing.
In this third sentence, '넘치고 있었습니다' indicates a figurative overflowing of joy experienced by people, using past tense for description.
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