Let’s learn about "얽히고설키다”

너랑 나랑은 얽히고설킨 관계이다 : You and I are intertwined

* A 랑 B 랑 : B and A

* -은 : a subject particle after a word ends in a consonant

* 얽히다 : [Pronunciation: 얼키다] be [become, get] entangled; get caught in; be involved; get complicated; twine round

* 설키다 : get complicated; get entangled

* 얽히고설키다 : 얽히(the stem of 얽히다) + -고(and) + 설키다; 관계, 일, 감정 따위가 이리저리 복잡하게 되다(Relationships, work, emotions, etc. become complicated here and there); 이리저리 얽혀서 복잡하게 되다(intertwined and complicated); 가는 것이 이리저리 뒤섞이다(fine or thin things are mixed up)

* 관계 : relation(ship)

* -이다 : be

[Usages]

얽히고설킨 스토리 : a complicated and entangled story

 

얽히고설킨 삼각 관계 : a tangled triangular relationship