1

他

tā

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

2

雖然

suīrán

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 kěshì or 但是 dànshì etc)

3

窮

qióng

poor destitute to use up to exhaust thoroughly extremely (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

4

但

dàn

but; yet; however; still merely; only; just

5

生活

shēnghuó

to live life livelihood

6

卻

què

but yet however while to go back to decline to retreat nevertheless even though

7

過得

guòdé

How are you getting by? How's life? contraction of 過得去, can get by tolerably well not too bad

8

很

hěn

very; quite (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

9

快樂

kuàilè

happy; joyful