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English

spontaneous
proactive
(of people) to act spontaneously, in a self-acting manner

粵語 — Cantonese

自己發起行動，而唔使其他人驅使

Examples

自發籌款賑災
a spontaneous fundraiser for disaster relief
今次保育活動係由民間自發。
The conversation event is initiated voluntarily by citizens.
玛丽暗自发笑。
Mary chuckled to herself.
Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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