Nuance Dictionary / Top N Listicles
그리다 geu-ri-da
To yearn for / To long for with a deep artistic tracing
What does 그리다 mean?
그리다 (geu-ri-da) means: To yearn for / To long for with a deep artistic tracing.
Shares an etymological root with the verb for painting or drawing. It is the active, soulful tracing of an outline that is no longer physically present before your eyes, sketching the memory back into existence with a heavy chest.
🔊 From the story above
그리다 — Geu-ri-da
애틋하다 — Ae-teut-ha-da
공허하다 — Gong-heo-ha-da
허전하다 — Heo-jeon-ha-da
아쉽다 — A-swip-da
후회하다 — hu-hoe-ha-da, "to regret with a sense of fault"
네가 너무 그리워서 잠을 못 자겠어 — listen & repeat
그때 우리가 참 애틋했지 — listen & repeat
How it's actually used
- 오랫동안 고향을 그리며 살아왔어요.
oraetdongan gohyangeul geurimyeo sarawatseoyo.
I've lived my life yearning for my hometown all this time.
💡 Expresses deep nostalgia and emotional longing for a place. - 가슴속에 늘 아버지를 그리며 하루를 버텨요.
gaseumsoge neul abeojireul geurimyeo harureul beotyeoyo.
I get through each day always yearning for my father in my heart.
💡 Used when missing a deceased or distant loved one profoundly. - 그 시절의 우리를 그리며 작은 수채화를 하나 완성했다.
geu sijeorui urireul geurimyeo jageun suchaehwareul hana wanseonghaetda.
Yearning for us back then, I finished a small watercolor painting.
💡 Connects the physical act of drawing with emotional longing.
Related words in Top N Listicles
진짜? jin-jja?어머 eo-meo그랬구나 geu-raet-gu-na왜 그랬대 wae geu-raet-dae저런 jeo-reon