No. 18,986 in Korean
씨름
Traditional Korean wrestling.
In a sentence
그는 씨름 대회에서 우승했습니다.
He won the wrestling competition.
씨름 is used to refer to the traditional Korean form of wrestling.
저는 공과금 문제로 씨름하고 있어요.
I am struggling with the issue of utility bills.
Here, 씨름 denotes a metaphorical wrestling or struggling with a problem.
짐을 옮기느라 오후 내내 씨름했어요.
I spent the whole afternoon wrestling with moving the luggage.
In this sentence, 씨름 is used metaphorically to describe physical effort or struggle.
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