当初她也难啊
“She also went through a hard time then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's good for Chen Ting to get divorced.”
当初她 也难 啊
“She also went through a hard time then.”
看着她老公和儿子 就想起 去世的女儿
“Looking at her husband and son, she would think of her late daughter.”
“Don't just blame her—put yourself in her shoes back then.”
Chinese domestic conversations often counterbalance moral blame with shared acknowledgment of traumatic family loss, encouraging forbearance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at that time / originally / back then
Use this chunk to refer back to a critical starting point or past period when explaining context or regrets.
having a hard time / in a tough spot
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe an individual facing severe emotional or financial hardship.
Softens the assertion while adding emotional resonance and prompting empathetic agreement.
