Jǐng / fāng / huā / le / hěn / cháng / shí / jiān / cái / zhì / fú / zhè / ge / xiōng / wán / de / dǎi / tú

警方花了很长时间才制服这个凶顽的歹徒。

It took the police a long time to subdue the fierce and uncontrollable criminal.