事發

事发
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.

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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 發 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)

Containing this entry

事發地點 shìfādìdiǎn the scene of the incident
東窗事發 dōngchuāngshìfā
  1. (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)
  2. to come to light