发生(fā shēng): to happen
to happen
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 发生 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
其实没有发生。
qí shí méi yǒu fā shēng
It didn't actually happen.
它偶尔会发生。
tā ǒu ěr huì fā shēng
It happens occasionally.
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