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happen [ˈhæpən] VB intr
1. happen:
happen
(偶然)发生 fāshēng
2. happen [后接不定式]:
happen
碰巧 pèngqiǎo
happen
恰好 qiàhǎo
I happened to meet him yesterday.
昨天我碰巧遇见他。
3. happen:
happen
巧遇 qiǎoyù
happen
偶然发现 ǒurán fāxiàn
I happened on the book I'd been looking for.
我偶然发现了我一直在找的那本书。
Phrases:
it (so) happens that
碰巧发生 pèngqiǎo fāshēng
It (so) happened that I saw her at the station yesterday.
昨天我碰巧在车站见到她。
Present
Ihappen
youhappen
he/she/ithappens
wehappen
youhappen
theyhappen
Past
Ihappened
youhappened
he/she/ithappened
wehappened
youhappened
theyhappened
Present Perfect
Ihavehappened
youhavehappened
he/she/ithashappened
wehavehappened
youhavehappened
theyhavehappened
Past Perfect
Ihadhappened
youhadhappened
he/she/ithadhappened
wehadhappened
youhadhappened
theyhadhappened
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
it (so) happens that
碰巧发生 pèngqiǎo fāshēng
It so happens that we are all from London.
这么巧我们都来自伦敦。
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
But now due to water shortage this not happen.
en.wikipedia.org
In a warming world, two things happen to throw a monkey wrench into the conveyor belt.
www.climatecentral.org
I was disappointed with the content and was left still waiting for something to happen that never did....
en.wikipedia.org
Some kinds of acclimatization happen so rapidly that they are better called reflexes.
en.wikipedia.org
These systems of fissures that make up a rift zone allow this to happen more easily.
en.wikipedia.org

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