들어오다

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to come in, to enter

🚪 들어오다 = 들다 (go in) + 오다 (come): enter toward the speaker

Built from 들어 (entering, from 들다) plus 오다 (to come), so it means entering toward where the speaker is. Its twin 들어가다 swaps in 가다 (to go) for entering away from the speaker.

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