듣다
deut-da
In Korean, medicine 'listens well'
The picture A sound from outside rides into the body through the ear, reaches something inside, and settles there. deutda is the outside coming in; malhada is the inside going out.
Where the picture shows up in 듣다
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Sound comes into the ear
버스에서 음악을 들어요.
beo-seu-e-seo eu-ma-geul deu-reo-yo
I listen to music on the bus.
Sound travels up the cord in your ear and pours into your head
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News comes in
그 소식은 저도 들었어요.
geu so-si-geun jeo-do deu-reo-sseo-yo
I heard that news too.
Words leave someone's mouth, cross to your ear, and sit down in your head
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Words reach the hands and feet
아이가 말을 잘 들어요.
a-i-ga ma-reul jal deu-reo-yo
The child does as he's told.
An adult's words land and the child's hands move exactly that way at once
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Taking a class
이번 학기에 한국어 수업을 들어요.
i-beon hak-gi-e han-gu-geo su-eo-beul deu-reo-yo
I'm taking Korean this term.
Sitting in a classroom chair, catching the words from the front and writing them down
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Medicine works in the body
이 약이 잘 들어요.
i ya-gi jal deu-reo-yo
This medicine works well for me.
The swallowed pill reaches the sore place and the ache dies down
All of it in one picture
deutda is the picture of something outside passing through you and landing inside. Sound flowing into the ear is listening to music; someone's words arriving and sitting down in your head is hearing news. Words that run straight on into hands and feet is a child obeying, words taken in from the front of a classroom is taking a class, and a swallowed pill reaching the sore spot and doing its job is medicine working.