说服他中止旅行真是件苦差事。

I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 说服 shuōfú
  1. to persuade
  2. to convince
  3. to talk sb over
  4. Taiwan pr. shuìfú
2 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
3 中止 zhōngzhǐ
  1. to cease
  2. to suspend
  3. to break off
  4. to stop
  5. to discontinue
4 旅行 lǚxíng
  1. to travel
  2. journey; trip

classifiers: 趟, 次
=5 真是 zhēnshi
  1. indeed; truly
  2. (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
=5 真是 zhēnshì
  1. (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 真 (zhēn), 是 (shì): (it) really is; (it) truly is
  3. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
6 件 jiàn
  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
7 苦差事 kǔchāishi see 苦差 kǔchāi