Tā / huā / le / hěn / cháng / shíjiān / cái / cóng / duìfāng / shǒu / lǐ / tǎo / huán / qiànkuǎn

他花了很长时间，才从对方手里讨还欠款。

It took him a long time to recover the money owed from the other party.