Tom failed to persuade Mary.
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说服
Traditional: 說服
shuō fú
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shuō fú · seoi3 fuk6 (Jyutping)
- to persuade
- to convince
- to talk sb over
- Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I finally persuaded him to buy it.
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