누워서 떡 먹기

Korean

떡 (tteok).

Etymology

Literally, “eating tteok (rice cakes) while lying down”.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nuwʌ̹sʰʌ̹ t͈ʌ̹ŋmʌ̹k̚k͈i]
Phonetic hangul: [누워서 떵먹끼]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	nuwoseo tteongmeokgi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	nuwoseo tteogmeoggi
McCune–Reischauer^?	nuwŏsŏ ttŏngmŏkki
Yale Romanization^?	nwuwese ttekmek.ki

Idiom

누워서 떡 먹기 • (nuwoseo tteok meokgi)

an easily accomplished task; a piece of cake; a walk in the park

See also

식은 죽 먹기 (sigeun juk meokgi)

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