培养政治意识要花费时间。

Developing political awareness takes time.

It takes time to develop political awareness.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 培养 péiyǎng
  1. to cultivate
  2. to breed
  3. to foster
  4. to nurture
  5. to educate
  6. to groom (for a position)
  7. education
  8. fostering
  9. culture (biology)
2 政治 zhèngzhì
  1. politics
  2. political
3 意识 yìshí
  1. consciousness; awareness
  2. (usu. followed by 到 dào) to be aware of; to realize
=4 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=4 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=4 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=5 花费 huāfèi
  1. expense
  2. cost
  3. to spend (time or money)
  4. expenditure
=5 花费 huāfei expense; cost; expenditure
6 时间 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time