Chinese phrase

发生在〜 fā shēng zài 〜

Meaning

happen in ___

When to use it

It says when or where an event happens. It links an event with a time or place, often in everyday questions and statements.

Example dialogue

你记得那次停电 发生在 去年夏天吗? nǐ jì de nà cì tíng diàn fā shēng zài qù nián xià tiān ma

Do you remember that power outage happened last summer?

记得,整整两天没电。 jì de zhéng zhěng liǎng tiān méi diàn

I remember. There was no power for two whole days.

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