끔찍한 일이

something terrible

→ 끔찍하다
phrase Rare #32,247
something terrible Literally, “a terrible thing”; 일이 marks the thing as the subject of the sentence.
KO: 끔찍한 일이 일어났어요.
EN: Something terrible happened.

끔찍한 일이 터졌어요

Something terrible has happened.

— 마지막 황제 (1987)