醫生建議我父親少吸煙。

The doctor advised my father to cut down on smoking.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 醫生 yīshēng doctor

classifiers: 個, 位, 名
2 建議 jiànyì
  1. to propose; to suggest; to recommend
  2. proposal; suggestion; recommendation

classifiers: 個, 點
3 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
4 父親 fùqīn
  1. father
  2. also pr. fùqin

classifier: 個
=5 少 shǎo
  1. few
  2. less
  3. to lack
  4. to be missing
  5. to stop (doing sth)
  6. seldom
=5 少 shào young
6 吸煙 xīyān to smoke