引 发

yǐnfā

“To lead to” in Chinese is 引发 (yǐnfā).

Meaning

to lead to
to trigger
to initiate

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to cause
to evoke (emotions)

Example

有时候冰球运动员相互挑衅得太厉害以至于会引发斗殴。

Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yǐnHSK 44 strokesto draw (e.g. a bow)fāHSK 25 strokesto send out

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