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폭풍 pok-pung
A sudden, unstoppable rush of incoming tasks, news, or emotions that sweeps you off your feet.
What does 폭풍 mean?
폭풍 (pok-pung) means: A sudden, unstoppable rush of incoming tasks, news, or emotions that sweeps you off your feet.
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How it's actually used
- 월요일 출근하자마자 업무 폭풍이 몰아쳤어.
wol-yo-il chul-geun-ha-ja-ma-ja eop-mu pok-pung-i mol-a-chyeot-seo.
As soon as I got to work on Monday, an absolute storm of tasks hit me.
💡 Combines with '몰아치다' (to rush in/sweep) to describe the classic Monday morning workload avalanche. - 그 뉴스 듣고 머릿속이 아주 폭풍 전야 같았어.
geu nyu-seu deut-go meor-it-sok-i a-ju pok-pung jeon-ya gat-at-seo.
After hearing that news, my mind felt like the calm before a storm.
💡 Uses the idiom '폭풍 전야' (night before the storm) to capture the eerie silence right before emotional chaos. - 폭풍 같은 주말이 지나고 월요일이 왔네.
pok-pung gat-eun ju-mal-i ji-na-go wol-yo-il-i wat-ne.
A storm-like weekend has passed, and Monday is here.
💡 Shows how a 'storm' isn't weather, but a chaotic blur of social or personal events.
Related words in Social Situations
퇴사 toe-sa초토화 cho-to-hwa가임기 ga-im-gi가성비 ga-seong-bi개판 gae-pan