"Happen" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out
 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen
 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
 gāng hǎo just / exactly / to happen to be
 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune
 yī chù jí fā could happen at any moment / on the verge
 pèng qiǎo by chance / by coincidence / to happen to
 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
 shì féng to just happen to coincide with
 bù móu ér hé to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view
 héng shēng to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly
 ǒu jiàn to happen upon / to see incidentally / occasional / accidental
 chū qiǔ (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen
 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem
 shì féng qí huì to just happen to coincide with the occasion (idiom) / to be present just at the right time
 zhí value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty
 còu to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity
 lí happen to / sorrow / suffer from
 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún fortune as unpredictable as the weather (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment
 bù qī rán ér rán happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations
 bù wèn hǎo dǎi no matter what may happen (idiom)
 rèn suí to allow (sb to have his head) / to let things happen
 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment
 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up?
 chì kǒu rì third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)
  Symposium on Space Technology in the Developing Countries - Making it Happen
 lè jiàn qí chéng to look favorably on sth / would be glad see it happen
 lè guān qí chéng to look favorably on sth / would be glad to see it happen
 chù méi tóu to cause sth unfortunate to happen (to oneself or sb else) / to do sth inauspicious / to have a stroke of bad luck
 shì bù guò sān a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom) / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / bad things don't happen more than three times
 qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
 qián fāng gāo néng (slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship anime, it meant "Danger! High energy up ahead!" &mdash / a warning to either prepare for battle or take evasive action)
 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again / to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
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