들다

deulda · TOPIK 1

to hold, to lift

🏋️ deul-da: do a DEADlift — hold it, lift it, and it costs you effort

들다 sounds a little like dead(lift). A deadlift is holding and lifting, and it costs effort, just as 돈이 들다 means money is spent. For the like sense, 마음에 들다 is literally to enter the heart: the thing gets picked up and carried inside.

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