떡

Noun

1. 1

   rice cake: A dish made by steaming or boiling grain powder such as injeolmi, a rice cake coated with red bean powder or soy bean powder, and songpyeon, a half-moon-shaped rice cake, etc.

   Korean definition: 인절미, 송편 등과 같이 곡식 가루를 찌거나 삶아서 익힌 것을 빚어서 만든 음식.

   • 배가 고픈 아이들은 상에 올라온 떡을 하나씩 집어 먹기 시작했다.

     The hungry children began picking up the tteok on the table one by one and eating them.

   • 어머니께서는 쌀가루에 팥이나 콩을 섞어 찐 떡을 제일 좋아하셨다.

     My mother liked tteok steamed from rice flour mixed with red beans or beans the most.

2. 2

   mat

   (figurative) Hair that is matted due to lack of washing, etc.

   Korean definition: (비유적으로) 머리를 감지 않거나 하여 머리가 한데 뭉친 것.

   • 그들은 기름에 떡이 진 머리를 하고도 아무렇지도 않게 거리로 나섰다.

     They went out on the street as if nothing were wrong, with their hair matted with grease.

   • 그녀는 한동안 머리를 감지 않았는지 머리가 떡이 되어 내 앞에 나타났다.

     She must not have washed her hair for a while, because she appeared before me with her hair all matted.