发生

fā shēng · fa sheng

Traditional 發生

Meaning

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  1. to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

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2 examples
01

发(fā)生(shēng)了(le)什(shén)么(me)好(hǎo)事(shì)吗(ma)?

Has something good happened?

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

它(tā)可(kě)能(néng)永(yǒng)远(yuǎn)都(dōu)不(bú)会(huì)发(fā)生(shēng)。

It may never happen.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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