벗다
beot-da
Taking off shoes, taking off a false accusation
The picture Something that was lying over and clinging to you comes away, and the bare thing underneath shows. 벗다 is peeling off what covers; 입다 is laying a cover over.
Where the picture shows up in 벗다
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a shoe leaves the foot
들어오실 때 신발을 벗어 주세요.
deu-reo-o-sil ttae sin-ba-reul beo-seo ju-se-yo
Please take your shoes off as you come in.
A heel lifts at the entrance, the shoe is pushed off, and a bare foot meets the wooden floor
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a coat leaves the body
더우시면 겉옷을 벗으셔도 돼요.
deo-u-si-myeon geo-do-seul beo-seu-syeo-do dwae-yo
If you're warm, feel free to take your coat off.
A shoulder slips out and the coat slides down the body onto the back of a chair
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the old skin slides off, a new body shows
뱀은 크면서 허물을 여러 번 벗어요.
bae-meun keu-myeon-seo heo-mu-reul yeo-reo beon beo-seo-yo
A snake sheds its skin several times as it grows.
The old skin splits from head to tail and slips away, and a glossy new body comes out of it
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a suspicion laid over you is lifted
드디어 누명을 벗었어요.
deu-di-eo nu-myeong-eul beo-seo-sseo-yo
I've finally been cleared.
A black cloth that lay over a name is drawn back and the bare name shows
A false charge isn't cloth, but it was laid over you and now it's drawn off — the same picture.
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the load drops off your shoulders
무거운 짐을 벗은 것 같아요.
mu-geo-un ji-meul beo-seun geot ga-ta-yo
I feel like a weight is off me.
The heavy sack carried on the back drops away and the spine straightens up
All of it in one picture
벗다 is one picture: what was covering comes away. A shoe leaves the foot and a bare sole meets the floor; a coat slides off the shoulders and the body feels light; an old skin splits away and a glossy new body shows. Pull the black cloth off a name and the false charge is gone; let the sack drop off your back and the burden is off you. Wherever 벗다 lands, the bare thing under the cover comes into view.