就没过过几天好日子
“we barely had any good days.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们去甘肃那几年
“During those years in Gansu,”
就 没过过几天好日子
“we barely had any good days.”
人家来找他排戏
“People asked him to direct plays,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Older Chinese generations frequently bond or contextualize their life achievements through narratives of shared historical deprivation and endurance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never lived a comfortable life; endured non-stop hardships
A very standard idiomatic expression used when recalling prolonged poverty or emotional struggle.