잘하다

jalhada · TOPIK 1

to do well, to be good at

🏆 잘하다 = 잘 (well) + 하다 (to do): literally to do well

잘 is the adverb well, and 하다 is the all-purpose verb to do. Glue them together and you get to do well, to be good at. Contrast with 못하다 (못 = cannot + 하다), which means to be bad at.

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