[ fāshēng, fāsheng ] 1.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: 2.germination; occurrence 3.-gony; -plasia; -genous; -genesia发生问题。 problems arose. 发生了意外。 something unexpected happened. 发生冲突。 conflicts occurred. 发生了什么事? 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.)? 机器发生故障。 the machine broke down. 那里发生了强烈地震。 a violent earthquake occurred there. 发生新的困难。 new difficulties cropped up [arose]. 故事发生在1960年秋天。 the story is set in the autumn of 1960. 这里发生了巨大的变化。 tremendous changes have taken place here. 这事发生在河南一个偏僻的农村。 the thing happened in an out-of-the-way village in henan
