Meaning of shuō fú:
shuō fú
说服
Verb
to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
Jīngguò fǎnfù jiěshì, tā zhōngyú bèi shuōfú le.
经过反复解释，他终于被说服了。
After repeated explanations, he was finally persuaded.
Tā huāle hěn cháng shíjiān cái zuìzhōng shuōfúle wǒ.
他花了很长时间才最终说服了我。
He took a long time to finally convince me.
Tā zuìzhōng bèi wǒ shuōfú le, juédìng cānjiā jùhuì.
他最终被我说服了，决定参加聚会。
He was finally talked over by me and decided to attend the party.
Wǒ nǔlì xiǎng yào shuōfú tā cānjiā zhège huódòng.
我努力想要说服他参加这个活动。
I tried hard to persuade him to join the event.
