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Episode 33 · 100 Days of Deception · 100일의 거짓말

Is That a Compliment in Korean?

Today's scene comes from 100 Days of Deception. A pickpocket in disguise faces the interpreter who suspects she's lying.

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In this lesson you'll learn

  • 😌 그거 칭찬이죠? — "That's a compliment, right?" (How '-죠' turns an insult into a cheeky comeback)
  • 🙅 모른다니까요 — "I'm telling you, I don't know!" (Why '-다니까요' sounds fed up with repeating yourself)
  • 👉 그쪽도 마찬가지 — "Same goes for you" (Why 그쪽 keeps a cool distance instead of saying "you")

Today's expressions

그거 칭찬이죠?
Is that a compliment?
모른다니까요
I'm telling you, I don't know!
그쪽
you (to someone you're not close to)

What do they really mean in the scene — and when would they sound rude? That's in the video.

From the word bank

솔직히honestly
정체who someone really is
아까a little while ago

+9 more words, each with a picture and a trick to remember it — in the video.

Credits.

Dialogue quoted from 100 Days of Deception (100일의 거짓말, tvN) in shortened and partly adapted form (e.g. 안잠자기 → 가정부) for language education.

Original scene: tvN DRAMA official clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJkJu40D1Q (2:10–2:36, 4:25–4:56)

Host Nevaeh is an AI presenter. Character voices are AI voices performing the tone of the scene, not the actors' voices. Illustrations are original AI-generated webtoon art.

Native Korean reviewer: Jason Ryu