1

失業

shīyè

unemployment to lose one's job

2

之後

zhīhòu

after; behind (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

3

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)

4

捱過

áiguò

to get through something while suffering

=5

了

le

(completed action marker) (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

=5

了

liǎo

to finish (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget") (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)

=5

了

liǎo

(of eyes) bright clear-sighted to understand clearly

=5

了

liào

unofficial variant of 瞭 liào

6

一

yī

one single a (article) as soon as entire; whole; all; throughout "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

=7

段

Duàn

surname Duan

=7

段

duàn

paragraph section segment stage (of a process) classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

8

非常

fēicháng

very; really unusual; extraordinary

9

艱苦

jiānkǔ

difficult hard arduous

=10

的

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle) (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one") also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

=10

的

dī

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)

=10

的

dí

really and truly

=10

的

dì

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

=11

日子

rìzi

day a (calendar) date days of one's life

=11

日子

rìzǐ

(literary) son of the Sun son of the Sun