사는 거

buying; the thing someone buys, living

→ 사다
phrase Uncommon #11,365
buying; the thing someone buys 거 is a casual shortened form of 것, meaning “thing.” With 사다, 사는 거 refers to buying something or the thing being bought; the examples use the past form 산 거, “the thing someone bought.”
KO: 이건 내가 사는 거야.
EN: This is what I’m buying.
phrase Rare #19,594
living A colloquial form of 사는 것, referring to the act or experience of living.
KO: 혼자 사는 거 어때요?
EN: How is living alone?

양 작가, 사는 거 어때?

How’s life, Writer Yang?

— Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000)

숨어 사는 거 이제 지긋지긋해

I'm sick and tired of living in hiding.

— 데드풀과 울버린 (2024)

언니 그렇게 사는 거 보기 싫다니까

I told you I can’t stand seeing you live like that, sis.

— Tune in for Love (2019)

함께 사는 거 어때?

How about living together?

— 음식남녀 (1994)