No. 12,939 in Korean
독이라는
"독이라는" translates to "called poison" or "described as poison" in English.
In a sentence
이 음식은 독이라는 소문이 있습니다.
This food is rumored to be poisonous.
In this sentence, 독이라는 defines a rumor or information indicating that something is poisonous. It acts as an explanatory modifier for the word 소문 (rumor).
그는 독이라는 사실을 몰랐습니다.
He didn't know the fact that it was poison.
Here, 독이라는 introduces the notion of a fact (사실) about something being identified as poison. It describes the nature of the subject being discussed.
저 약이 독이라는 말을 들었어요.
I heard someone say that the medicine is poison.
In this sentence, 독이라는 modifies 말을 (words), indicating the information about the medicine being poison expressed verbally.
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