南北战争持续了四年。

America's Civil War lasted four years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 南北战争 Nánběi Zhànzhēng American Civil War
2 持续 chíxù
  1. to continue
  2. to persist
  3. to last
  4. sustainable
  5. preservation
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 四 sì
  1. four
  2. 4
=5 年 Nián surname Nian
=5 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=5 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián