他们谈计划谈了几个小时。

They talked over the plan for hours.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
=2 谈 Tán surname Tan
=2 谈 tán
  1. to speak
  2. to talk
  3. to converse
  4. to chat
  5. to discuss
3 计划 jìhuà
  1. plan
  2. project
  3. program
  4. to plan
  5. to map out

classifiers: 個, 項
=4 谈 Tán surname Tan
=4 谈 tán
  1. to speak
  2. to talk
  3. to converse
  4. to chat
  5. to discuss
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=6 几个 jǐge
  1. a few
  2. several
  3. how many
=6 几个 jǐgè
  1. a few; several; some; a handful
  2. how many
7 小时 xiǎoshí hour

classifier: 個