你曾经竟过得这般苦
“You endured such bitter hardships back then,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
阿笙
“Sheng.”
你 曾经 竟 过得这般苦
“You endured such bitter hardships back then,”
我竟然一点都不知道
“yet I never knew a thing.”
“It breaks my heart to realize how much you suffered without me knowing.”
Recognizing a partner's endurance of hardship ('苦') is a major trope in Chinese emotional bonding, conveying deep empathetic devotion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
once; in the past
An adverb used to indicate an action or state that took place in the past.
such; this kind of; so
A literary and dramatic demonstrative equivalent to '这样' or '这么'.