떡국이 · 떡국을
rice cake soup
Example
한국 사람들은 설날 아침에 떡국을 먹어요.
Koreans eat rice cake soup on Lunar New Year's morning.
Word parts
떡 'rice cake' + 국 'soup'; eating it on New Year's means you turn a year older.
Good to know
떡국 몇 그릇 먹었어요? ('How many bowls of 떡국 have you eaten?') is a playful way to ask someone's age.
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