쭉
jjuk
'Go 쭉' — don't turn, don't stop
The picture A single line running straight out to the end and never breaking. 쭉 runs straight without breaking; 툭 snaps off in one go.
Where the picture shows up in 쭉
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a road with no turn
이 길로 쭉 가세요.
i gil-lo jjuk ga-se-yo
Go straight along this road.
No turn at the junction — the eye travels in one line to the end of the road
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an arm opened all the way
팔을 쭉 펴 보세요.
pa-reul jjuk pyeo bo-se-yo
Try stretching your arm all the way out.
A bent elbow straightening until shoulder and fingertip form one line
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a throat drinking in one go
한 번에 쭉 드세요.
han beo-ne jjuk deu-se-yo
Drink it down in one go.
The cup stays at the lips while the throat keeps moving without a pause
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years with no break
어릴 때부터 쭉 여기서 살았어요.
eo-ril ttae-bu-teo jjuk yeo-gi-seo sa-ra-sseo-yo
I've lived here ever since I was little.
Never having moved anywhere else, still in the same neighbourhood
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a line stretching far
사람들이 쭉 줄을 섰어요.
sa-ram-deu-ri jjuk ju-reul seo-sseo-yo
People are lined up a long way.
A queue starting at the shop door and running in one line to the end of the block
All of it in one picture
쭉 is one unbroken line. Laid on a road it means don't turn, just keep going; laid on an arm it means open it all the way; laid on a throat it means drink it down in one go. Laid on years it is time with no gap in it, and laid on people it is a queue stretching far down the street.