shì tài fā zhǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
course of events
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Original source entry:

事態發展 事态发展 [shi4 tai4 fa1 zhan3] /course of events/

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Other forms in these source records: 事態發展

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 态
    tài

    (bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice

  • 发
    fā

    to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

    fà

    hair / Taiwan pr. [fǎ]

  • 展
    zhǎn

    to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition

    Zhǎn

    surname Zhan

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.