事发

事發
shìfā
  1. (impersonal) a (bad) incident occurs
  2. a (bad) incident occurs

Wiktionary

Examples

不要为这事发愁。

Don't worry about it.

Source: Tatoeba

有什么事发生了。

Something did happen.

Source: Tatoeba

我不想这种事发生。

I don't want something like this to happen.

Source: Tatoeba

我不能让那事发生。

I can make that happen.

Source: Tatoeba

这事发生在很多年以前。

It happened a long time ago.

Source: Tatoeba

我们曾见过这种事发生。

We've seen this happen before.

Source: Tatoeba

不要再让这种事发生了！

Don't let that happen again!

Don't let that happen again.

Source: Tatoeba

医护人员已抵达事发现场。

Paramedics are on the scene.

Source: Tatoeba

上次写信以来没有什么新鲜事发生。

There is nothing new transpired since I wrote you last.

Source: Tatoeba

我不否认这件事发生了，可是一个例子算不上证据。

I’m not denying that that happened, but one example doesn’t count as evidence.

I'm not denying it happened, but one example can't be called proof.

Source: Tatoeba

我们中的许多人多多少少都经历过这样的循环：面对着浏览器，习惯性地Ctrl-T打开一个新的标签页，敲下常去网址的首字母然后回车，只为了看看有没有啥新鲜事发生。

Most of us have, to some extent, experienced being caught in a cycle like this one: Facing the browser, you hit, like you always do, Ctrl-T to open a new tab, type in the first letter of the website you always visit, and hit "enter"... just to see if anything new has happened.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回
=1 事 zì
  1. alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)
=2 发 fā
  1. to send out
  2. to show (one's feeling)
  3. to issue
  4. to develop
  5. to make a bundle of money
  6. classifier for gunshots (rounds)
=2 发 fà
  1. hair
  2. Taiwan pr. fǎ

Containing this entry

事发地点 shìfādìdiǎn the scene of the incident
东窗事发 dōngchuāngshìfā
  1. (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)
  2. to come to light