劝

to advise

to urge

to try to persuade

exhort

persuade

劝[quàn]

-（拿道理说服人;使人听从）advise;urge;trytopersuade:
advisehimtogiveupsmoking;劝他戒烟
urgehimtotakearest;劝他休息
-（勉励）encourage:
encouragelearning劝学
-（姓氏）asurname:
QuanHao劝昊

能劝得她把房子卖了吗？
Can she be persuaded to sell (the house)?

警方劝嫌疑犯招供。
The police persuaded the suspect to talk.

我使尽了浑身解数也劝不动他们。
I tried every trick in the book but I still couldn't persuade them.

只有用这种方法才能劝得动他。
Only by this means is it possible to persuade him.

医生费了好大劲才劝他躺了下来。
The doctors were having a hard time persuading him to lie down.

牧师劝他放弃坏习惯。
The priest persuaded him to give up his bad habit.

你能劝她放弃她那些愚蠢的计划吗？
Can you persuade her out of her foolish plans?

我们的老师规劝我们好好学习。
Our teacher gives us exhortation to study hard.

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