我們從前很窮，但很快樂。

We were poor, but we were happy.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 從前 cóngqián
  1. previously
  2. formerly
  3. once upon a time
3 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
4 窮 qióng
  1. poor
  2. destitute
  3. to use up
  4. to exhaust
  5. thoroughly
  6. extremely
  7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
5 但 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
7 快樂 kuàilè happy; joyful