팔리다

Verb

1. 1

   be sold

   For an object or a right to be given to someone or for one’s effort, etc., to be provided to someone after money is received for it.

   Korean definition: 값을 받고 물건이나 권리가 다른 사람에게 넘겨지거나 노력 등이 제공되다.

   • 그 그림은 좋은 평판을 받았을 뿐만 아니라 높은 가격에 팔렸다.

     That painting not only received good reviews but also sold for a high price.

   • 열심히 쓴 책이 잘 팔린 덕분에 나는 순식간에 백만장자가 되었다.

     Thanks to the book I worked hard on selling well, I became a millionaire in no time.

2. 2

   be pimped; (a woman) be sold

   For a woman to be handed over to a brothel or a pimp for money.

   Korean definition: 여성이 윤락가나 윤락업을 하는 사람에게 돈을 받고 넘겨지다.

   • 그녀는 어려서 기생집에 팔려 온 여자였다.

     She was a woman who had been sold to a gisaeng house when she was young.

   • 아버지의 빚 때문에 지수가 윤락가에 팔렸다는 소문이 온 동네에 퍼졌다.

     The rumor that Jisu had been sold to the red-light district because of her father's debts spread through the whole neighborhood.

3. 3

   (a person) be traded

   For a person to be traded like goods, for money.

   Korean definition: 사람이 돈을 받고 물건처럼 거래되다.

   • 그 사내는 빚을 갚지 못해서 어느 집에 종으로 팔려 갔다.

     That man couldn't pay his debts and was sold as a servant to a certain household.

   • 당시에 흑인은 서인도 제도나 미국에서 백인들에게 노예로 팔렸다.

     At that time, Black people were sold as slaves to white people in the West Indies or America.

4. 4

   get distracted

   For one's attention to be turned to something else, instead of focusing on the thing to which it should have been paid.

   Korean definition: 주의가 집중해야 할 곳에 두어지지 않고 다른 데로 쏠리다.

   • 그는 가던 길도 잊고 지나가는 젊은 여자들에게 눈이 팔렸다.

     Forgetting where he was going, his eyes were caught by the young women passing by.

   • 나는 숙제보다 노는 데에 정신이 팔려서 결국 숙제를 못했다.

     I was so absorbed in playing rather than homework that I ended up not doing it.