불고기
bulgogi · TOPIK 1
bulgogi (Korean grilled beef)
🔥🥩 불고기 = 불 (bul, fire) + 고기 (gogi, meat): fire meat
A plain compound: 불 means fire and 고기 means meat, so the dish is literally fire meat, beef cooked over flame. 고기 shows up in other meat words too, like 소고기 (beef) and 돼지고기 (pork), so learning it here pays off again.