发 作

fāzuò

“To flare up” in Chinese is 发作 (fāzuò).

Meaning

to flare up; to break out

Example

我哮喘发作了。

I had an asthma attack.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fāHSK 25 strokesto send out zuòHSK 17 strokesworker

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