和一个只说"是"与"否"的人维持一段对话是很难的。

It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says "yes" and "no".

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 old variant of
=1 surname He
=1
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=1
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=1 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=1 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=1 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=1 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=1 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
=2 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=2 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
=3 zhī variant of zhī
=3 zhǐ only; merely; just
=3 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=3 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=3 zhǐ variant of zhǐ
=3 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
=4 shuì to persuade
=4 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=4 shuō variant of shuō
=5 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 shì variant of shì
=6 variant of
=6
  1. and
  2. to give
  3. together with
=6 to take part in
=7 fǒu
  1. to negate
  2. to deny
  3. not
=7
  1. clogged
  2. evil
=8 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=8 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=8 really and truly
=8 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

10 维持 wéichí to keep; to maintain; to preserve
11
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=12 Duàn surname Duan
=12 duàn
  1. paragraph
  2. section
  3. segment
  4. stage (of a process)
  5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
13 对话 duìhuà
  1. to talk (with sb)
  2. dialogue; conversation
=14 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=14 shì variant of shì
15 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=16 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
=16 nàn
  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold
=17 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=17 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=17 really and truly
=17 (bound form) bull's-eye; target