那天天给我憋的
“and it drove me nuts.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
咱们就在那广南的小宾馆里面
“Back in Guangnan, we were stuck in that small hotel,”
那 天天给我憋的
“and it drove me nuts.”
“Not being able to spend the money makes me frantic.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Recalling and exaggerating past struggles or stifling times is a common bonding ritual among friends to contrast with current situations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
every single day / day in and day out
Colloquial repetition of day, emphasizing persistent frequency.
made (someone) feel suffocated / cooped up
A Northern spoken construction indicating that an external situation caused extreme mental or physical stifling.
Acts as an exclamatory nominalizer indicating the extreme degree of the state.