Korean adverb

도리어

dorieo

instead; on the contrary

In the manner of being against or contrary to one's expectation or a general assumption.

Standard pronunciation: [도리어]
Level: Intermediate

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도리어 in a sentence

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김 씨는 남을 모함하려다가 도리어 그 죄를 자기가 뒤집어썼다.
김 씨는 나믈 모함하려다가 도리어 그 죄를 자기가 뒤지버썯따.said like thisgim ssineun nameul mohamharyeodaga dorieo geu joereul jagiga dwijibeosseotda.
남자 친구는 자기가 잘못해 놓고 도리어 나에게 화를 냈다.
남자 친구는 자기가 잘모태 노코 도리어 나에게 화를 낻따.said like thisnamja chinguneun jagiga jalmotae noko dorieo naege hwareul naetda.

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Dictionary data from the Korean Basic Dictionary by the National Institute of Korean Language, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR. We added the romanization. This page is shared under the same licence.