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TOPIK 5adverb

갈팡질팡

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갈팡질팡하다 · 갈팡질팡 헤매다

this way and that, in confusion; wavering

Example

처음 서울에 와서 지하철역에서 갈팡질팡했어요.

When I first came to Seoul, I wandered around confused in the subway station.

Word parts

Rhyming pair; picture someone darting this way and that, getting nowhere.

Good to know

Also for indecision: 갈팡질팡하다 'to waver, be unable to decide'.