[fā shēng]
happen; occur; take place; arise; crop up; chance; befall; come off; come to pass; come about; come up; come what may; be set; turn up; bring to pass
Problems arose.
發生問題。
Something unexpected happened.
發生了意外。
Conflicts occurred.
發生沖突。
What has happened?; What's the matter?; What has occurred?; What took place?; What has come about?; Has something come up?; What's up with (sb. and sth.)?
發生了什么事?
The machine broke down.
機器發生故障。
A violent earthquake occurred there.
那里發生了強烈地震。
New difficulties cropped up [arose].
發生新的困難。
The story is set in the autumn of 1960.
故事發生在1960年秋天。
Tremendous changes have taken place here.
這里發生了巨大的變化。
The thing happened in an out-of-the-way village in Henan.
這事發生在河南一個偏僻的農村。
germination; occurrence
-gony; -plasia; -genous; -genesia