Korean Idioms & Expressions

바람을 피우다

barameul piuda

Literal meaning

to stir up a wind

To have an affair, to cheat on one's partner. The standard idiom for romantic infidelity in Korean.

Korean	English
남자친구가 바람을 피워서 헤어졌어요. namjachinguga barameul piwoseo heeojyeosseoyo.	I broke up with my boyfriend because he cheated on me.

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