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发生
Traditional Chinese
發生
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
fā shēng
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
faat3 sang1
Short definition to occur
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions to occurCdict iconMDBG icon / to happenCdict iconMDBG icon / to take placeCdict iconMDBG icon / to break outMDBG icon / to haveAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to have
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: to happen; to occur; to take place; Originate; Up; appears; arises; befallen; befell; betide; engender; eventuate; genesis; germination; nascence; nascency; pathogenesis
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: to happen; to occur; to take place'
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事故(shì gù) event
发生(fā shēng) to occur
(shí) when
(jìng) to respect
(wù) not
使用(shǐ yòng) to use
电梯(diàn tī) elevator
请使用( qǐng shǐ yòng) please use
楼梯(lóu tī) staircase

In an emergency, use the stairway, not the elevator.

当你( dāng nǐ)
看着(kànzhe) to see
自己的(zì jǐ de) one's own
(liǎn) face
(shí) when
你会(nǐhuì)
试图(shì tú) to try
(qù) to get rid of
发现(fā xiàn) to discover
这张( zhè zhāng)
(liǎn) face
后面的( hòu miàn de) Back
心灵(xīn líng) smart
(lǐ) village
(zài) (located) at
发生(fā shēng) to occur
([missing]) to use
什么(shén me shén me yě méi yǒu) who?

As you look at your face, you try to figure out what is happening behind it, in your mind.

死亡(sǐ wáng) death
之后(zhī hòu) later
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
便(biànbiàn pián) so
不会(bù huì) not able
(zài) re-
复活(fù huó) to return to life
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
不能(bù néng) to be unable
(sǐ) rigid
(guò) too-
之后(zhī hòu) later
(yòu) also
重回(chóng huí) to return
生命(shēng mìng) living
如果(rú guǒ) if
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
以为(yǐ wéi) to think
(nà nā nā) Na
(huìkuài) will
发生(fā shēng) to occur
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
并非(bìng fēi) really is not
真正(zhēn zhèng) true
死去(sǐ qù) to die

Death is the point at which you can't be alive again. You can't die and then come back to life. If you think that happened, you weren't really dead.

(cǐ) this
事故(shì gù) event
发生(fā shēng) to occur
(zài) (located) at
周日(zhōu rì) Sunday
3
(diǎn) to hint
左右(zuǒ yòu) or so

The accident happened on Sunday at about 3:00.

发生(fā shēng) to occur
旱灾(hàn zāi) (n) drought
的时候( de shí hòu) when
农民(nóng mín) farmer
很难(hěnnán)
维持(wéi chí) to keep
生计(shēng jì) livelihood

During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.

没有人(méi yǒu rén) nobody
知道(zhī dào) to know
未来(wèi lái) coming
(huìkuài) will
发生(fā shēng) to occur
什么事(shén me shì) what?

No one knows what'll happen in the future.

(zhè) these
(shì) item
发生(fā shēng) to occur
(zài) (located) at
很多(hěn duō) very many
(nián) year
以前(yǐ qián) ago

It happened a long time ago.

怎么会(zěn me huì) how can it be
发生(fā shēng) to occur
这么(zhè me) so much
奇怪的( qí guài de) unco
(shì) item

How did such a strange thing come about?

上次(shàng cì) last time
写信(xiě xìn) to write a letter
以来(yǐ lái) since
没有什么(méi yǒu shén me) it is nothing
新鲜事(xīn xiān shì) new affair
发生(fā shēng) to occur

There is nothing new transpired since I wrote you last.

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