(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)[cedict]
公海
gōng hǎiㄍㄨㄥ ㄏㄞˇ
high sea; international waters[cedict]
上
shàngㄕㄤˋ
on; on top; upon; first (of two parts); previous or last (week etc); upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; above; to go up; to attend (class or university); third tone of putonghua[cedict]
发生
fā shēngㄈㄚ ㄕㄥ
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out[cedict]
的
deㄉㄜ˙
díㄉㄧˊ
dìㄉㄧˋ
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive[cedict]
really and truly[cedict]
aim; clear[cedict]
所以
suǒ yǐㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ
therefore; as a result; so[cedict]
他们
tā menㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙
they[cedict]
没
méiㄇㄟˊ
mòㄇㄛˋ
(negative prefix for verbs); have not; not[cedict]