Expression of the Week

Lee Geon-myung :   묻고 싶은 게 있어서 왔다. 무슨 뜻이냐?

이해하겠다는 말, 내 마음을 이해하겠다는 말, 무슨 뜻이야?

I came because I wanted to ask you something. What does it mean? 

Your words saying you understand, that you understand my heart. What does it mean?

Lee Young-oh :  혹시 가장 아끼는 사람을 잃을지도 모른다는 아주 두려운 마음.

A very fearful heart that you might lose the person you love most.

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무슨 뜻이야? (What does it mean?)

무슨 – what

뜻 - meaning

Casual – 무슨 뜻이야? 

Semi-polite – 무슨 뜻이에요?/무슨 뜻인가요?

Polite – 무슨 뜻입니까? 

>> “무슨” is an expression used to ask about a business, subject or object that one is not sure of or does not exactly know.

>>”뜻” expresses meaning that is contained in words, a writing or action.  

>>”무슨 뜻이야” in the dialogue is asking about the meaning of something Young-oh said earlier. It is a casual expression that is used by someone who is usually older when addressing or referring to a person whom they know well and is usually younger.