你们家那日子过得 得多困难
“you guys must have had it really tough.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I hate to bring it up. I just feel that all these years,”
你们家那日子过得 得多 困难
“you guys must have had it really tough.”
你还不了解你任阿姨啊 打不死的小强 咋都能活
“Don't you know my mom? She survives anything like a cockroach.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, acknowledging and validating the enduring of past bitterness ('chiku') serves as a powerful way to bond and show sincere care among close friends or family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
living one's daily life; life going on
A very common oral formula used before an adjective or complement to evaluate living conditions or quality of life.
must be extraordinarily difficult
Here '得' (děi) functions as an emphatic modal particle/adverb expressing strong supposition about the degree of hardship.
