[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.
发生问题。
Something unexpected happened.
发生了意外。
Conflicts occurred.
发生冲突。
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.)?
发生了什么事?
The machine broke down.
机器发生故障。
A violent earthquake occurred there.
那里发生了强烈地震。
New difficulties cropped up [arose].
发生新的困难。
The story is set in the autumn of 1960.
故事发生在1960年秋天。
Tremendous changes have taken place here.
这里发生了巨大的变化。
The thing happened in an out-of-the-way village in Henan.
这事发生在河南一个偏僻的农村。
germination; occurrence
-gony; -plasia; -genous; -genesia