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What does 发作 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

发作 fāzuò

to have an attack; to flare up

It can also mean

  • to lose one's temper

Its characters

  1. 发 fā to send
  2. 作 zuò to do

In a sentence

他的胃病又发作了。 His stomach problem flared up again.

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