Korean Idioms & Expressions

짜고 치다

jjago chida

Literal meaning

'to play (a hand) by prior arrangement' (짜다 = arrange/conspire + 치다 = play, as in cards)

To be rigged or fixed; to collude in advance so the outcome is predetermined. Often '짜고 치는 고스톱' — a put-up job.

Korean	English
결과를 보니 처음부터 짜고 친 게 분명했다. gyeolgwareul boni cheoeumbuteo jjago chin ge bunmyeonghaetda.	Looking at the outcome, it was clearly rigged from the very start.

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