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기진맥진하다 gi-jin-maek-jin-ha-da
Completely drained and exhausted, wrung out with nothing left
What does 기진맥진하다 mean?
기진맥진하다 (gi-jin-maek-jin-ha-da) means: Completely drained and exhausted, wrung out with nothing left.
A vivid four-syllable idiom for total physical and mental depletion — past just tired, past even '지치다'. After moving apartments alone in one day, or finishing a marathon you didn't train enough for, you collapse on the floor '기진맥진한' state, unable to do one more thing.
🎙️ 기진맥진하다는 표기 그대로 읽지 않아요 — 실제로는 [기진맥찐하다]로 소리나요 (경음화). 발음 연습하기 →
How it's actually used
- 이사짐을 온종일 나르느라 온 가족이 기진맥진했다.
isajimeul onjongil nareuneura on gajogi gijinmaeginhaetda.
The whole family was completely exhausted and drained from moving boxes all day.
💡 Used after extreme physical exertion. - 퇴근길에 지옥철을 탔더니 집에 오기도 전에 기진맥진해졌다.
toegeungire jigiocheoreul tatdeoni jibe ogido jeone gijinmaeginhaejyeotda.
I took the crowded hell-train on my way home and was totally wrung out even before getting back.
💡 Can describe mental and physical exhaustion combined. - 하루 종일 이사짐을 꿨더니 온몸이 기진맥진하다.
haru jong-il isajim-eul kkwotdeoni onmom-i gijinmaegin-hada.
I helped move luggage all day long and my whole body is completely drained.
💡 A strong four-syllable word for total physical or mental exhaustion.
Related words in Overwhelm & Struggle
버겁다 beo-geop-da지치다 ji-chi-da부담스럽다 bu-dam-seu-reop-da힘들다 him-deul-da지긋지긋하다 ji-geut-ji-geut-ha-da