No. 13,409 in Korean
떠넘기는
"떠넘기는" means "shifting" or "passing on (responsibility or blame)."
In a sentence
그는 항상 책임을 다른 사람에게 떠넘기는 습관이 있다.
He always has the habit of shifting responsibility to others.
In this sentence, '떠넘기는' refers to passing or shifting responsibility to someone else, typically in a context of avoiding personal responsibility.
업무를 다른 팀에 떠넘기는 것은 공정하지 않다.
Passing the workload to another team is not fair.
Here, '떠넘기는' indicates transferring tasks or duties to another party, carrying a negative implication of unfairness.
그는 불편한 소식 전달을 나에게 떠넘기는 것을 좋아한다.
He likes to shift the uncomfortable news delivery task to me.
This usage of '떠넘기는' expresses delegating an unpleasant obligation to another person, again hinting at avoidance.
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