ONOMATOPOEIA · TEXTURE & VIBE
덜덜
deol-deol
What it means · 뜻
shivering
Example · 예문
무서워서 다리가 덜덜 떨렸어요.
My legs shook with fear.
Context
🫧 Texture & vibe — Korean builds mood out of sound. Once you hear the difference between the neighbours below, the sentence stops needing an adverb.
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