Traditional Korean sport game, in which two contestants hold the thigh band of each other and compete in physical strength or techniques, and one wins by toppling the opponent first.

The act of grappling with and putting all one's energy into something in order to succeed in it.

The body part from the shoulder to the wrist.

The part of a machine that reaches out from the body and moves up and down or left and right just as the human arm does.

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팔씨름

arm; eight; eighth

armrest

elbow

limbs

forearm; upper arm

wristwatch

wrist

pillowing one's head on someone's arm; pillow of one's arm

arm wrestling

August

arms crossed; arm in arm

red bean

shaved ice with red bean topping

red bean porridge

failure; loss; defeat; tag; label; nickname; bad reputation; card; tile; group; party; bunch; gang; wit; trick; number of losses

spirit; vigor

immorality; obliquity

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