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마음

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Why Koreans "eat" a decision

The picture A bowl set inside your chest. What enters it, and what you swallow into it, is what you become. 마음 is the bowl that holds things; 머리 is the machine you turn to grind out an answer — 마음이 아프다 and 머리가 아프다 hurt in completely different places.

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