🌟 호시탐탐하다 (虎視眈眈 하다)
Verb
1. 남의 것을 빼앗기 위해 상황을 살피며 가만히 기회를 엿보다.
1. WATCH FOR AN OPPORTUNITY; BE ON ALERT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY: To watch a situation and wait quietly for an opportunity to take another's possessions.
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호시탐탐하는 도둑.
A burglar who spy on others. -
호시탐탐하는 적.
An enemy who peeps at him. -
호시탐탐하고 있다.
You're spying on him. -
호시탐탐하며 기다리다.
Wait around in the air. -
호심탐탐하며 노렸다.
Tried to snoop around. -
고양이는 호시탐탐하며 쥐가 오기를 기다렸다.
The cat snooping and waiting for the mouse to come. -
우리의 국토를 호시탐탐하던 적은 곧 침략해 왔다.
The enemy who snooped on our land has soon invaded. -
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은행이 털리다니 어떻게 된 일이지? 분명 경비가 지키고 있었는데.
What happened to the bank being robbed? i'm sure the guard was guarding it.
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도둑이 바로 그 경비였어요. 호시탐탐하면서 노리고 있었던 거죠.
The thief was the guard. he was on the run.
🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: • 호시탐탐하다 (
호ː시탐탐하다)
📚 Derivative: • 호시탐탐(虎視眈眈): 남의 것을 빼앗기 위해 상황을 살피며 가만히 기회를 엿봄.
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