ANSWER: scrotum
귓불 is the Korean word for earlobe, but it literally means the ear's (귓) scrotum (불). The 불 in 귓불 is the same 불 in 불알, which is the Korean word for testicles, and 불알 literally means scrotum (불) eggs (알).
The Korean expression 귓불만 만지다 literally means "to stroke only one's earlobe," but the idiomatic meaning is to be at a loss or to not know what to do because sometimes when people do not know what to do, they finger their earlobes. 귓불이 크다 means to have thick earlobes, and 귓불을 잡아 당기다 means to pull on one's earlobe.
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