총에 맞는

get shot

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get shot 총에 맞다 literally means “be hit by a gun” and is the natural Korean expression for being shot. 총에 맞는 is the form used before a noun or in an incomplete phrase; the expression can also appear as 총에 맞았어요, 총에 맞는다, or 총에 맞아서.

KO: 총에 맞는 사람을 도와주세요.

EN: Please help the person who was shot.

타이어가 총에 맞는 소리를 들었고 녹음 도 했어요

I heard the sound of a tire being shot, and I recorded it too.

— 필사의 추적 (1981)