那段日子我过得很消沉
“I was very depressed during those days.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But actually, my heart hurt so much.”
那段日子 我 过得很消沉
“I was very depressed during those days.”
蒋诚在我面前
“Jiang Cheng kept smoking”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Admitting to being '消沉' indicates a deep level of intimacy, as displaying psychological weakness is generally avoided with casual acquaintances in Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that period of time / those days
A common temporal framing used when reflecting retrospectively on a specific phase of life.
lived in deep dejection / was down in the dumps
Combines the life-state verb phrase with a psychological adjective describing lethargy and depression.
