經過長久的爭論,我終於說服了她去露營。

After a long argument, I finally persuaded her to go camping.

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Sentence Composition

1 經過 jīngguò
  1. to pass
  2. to go through
  3. process
  4. course

classifier:

2 長久 chángjiǔ
  1. long-time; long-term
  2. lasting; enduring; permanent
  3. for a long time
=3 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
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 爭論 zhēnglùn
  1. to argue
  2. to debate
  3. to contend
  4. argument
  5. contention
  6. controversy
  7. debate

classifiers: ,

5
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
6 終於 zhōng
  1. at last
  2. in the end
  3. finally
  4. eventually
7 說服 shuō
  1. to persuade
  2. to convince
  3. to talk sb over
  4. Taiwan pr. shuì
=8 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=8 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=8 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=8 liào unofficial variant of liào
9 she
10
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
11 露營 yíng
  1. to camp out
  2. camping