뚫다
Meanings
Verb
1. to pierce a hole through, to bore through (transitive)
2. to unblock something blocked (transitive)
3. to overcome an obstacle (transitive)
4. to be well-versed in a subject (chiefly as 뚫고 있다, transitive)
5. to divine another's intentions (transitive)
Pronunciation
ttulta
Examples7
종이에 구멍을 뚫었다.
I pierced a hole through the paper.
변기가 막혔는데 좀 뚫어봐.
The toilet is blocked, can you unblock it?
그 고난과 시련의 역사를 뚫고 일어나 오늘 우리는 세계 10위권의 경제대국을 만들었습니다.
Tearing through that history of agony and trial, we rose up, and today we have made our country an economic power that stands among the ten or so greatest in the world.
벽에 구멍을 뚫다
to drill a hole in a wall
드릴로 구멍을 뚫다
to bore a hole with a drill
군중들이 다가와서 난 기차까지 뚫고 지나갈 수 없었다.
The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train.