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No. 16,511 in Korean

사고

"사고" means "accident" or "thought/thinking," depending on context.

In a sentence

  • 새 자동차를 사고 싶어요.

    I want to buy a new car.

    Here, '사고' is the conjugated form of the verb '사다' (to buy) in the present continuous tense.

  • 그는 교통 사고를 당했어요.

    He had a traffic accident.

    In this sentence, '사고' means 'an accident,' which is a noun referring to an unintended event.

  • 문제를 깊게 사고해 봅시다.

    Let's think deeply about the problem.

    Here, '사고' signifies 'thinking' or 'pondering,' derived from the noun meaning 'thought' or 'contemplation' originating from a Chinese root.

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