这深一脚浅一脚
“although it was not easy,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是 你现在回想起来
“However, in retrospect,”
这 深一脚浅一脚
“although it was not easy,”
“We stumbled through tough times, barely keeping our footing.”
Older Chinese generations often view life retrospectives through the lens of enduring hardship ('deep and shallow steps') with gritty endurance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stumbling along; uneven steps; trudging through rough terrain
A vivid four-character idiom literally describing walking through mud or snow, commonly used metaphorically for enduring a precarious, difficult life path.