如果你告訴他們富蘭克林是第一個這麼說的, 人們會更樂意接受你的想法。

People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
=2 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=2 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=3 告訴 gào to press charges; to file a complaint
=3 告訴 gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
4 他們 men they; them
5 富蘭克林 lánlín
  1. (name) Franklin
  2. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
=6 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)
=6 shì variant of shì
7 第一個 dì- the first (person, thing)
8 這麼 zhème
  1. so much
  2. this much
  3. how much?
  4. this way
  5. like this
=9 shuì to persuade
=9 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=9 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=9 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
=10 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 跑堂兒的 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
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 人們 rénmen people
=12 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=12 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=12 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
=13 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=13 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
14 樂意
  1. to be willing to do sth
  2. to be ready to do sth
  3. to be happy to do sth
  4. content
  5. satisfied
15 接受 jiēshòu to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
=16 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=16 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=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 跑堂兒的 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
18 想法 xiǎng
  1. way of thinking; opinion; notion
  2. to think of a way (to do sth)