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                灰色年华
                [huī sè nián huá]
                
                                        This implies years or a period marked by bleakness and despair reflecting feelings of sadness and ...
                
             
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                岁月亦消沉
                [suì yuè yì xiāo chén]
                
                                        Meaning Years pass in melancholy The individual could be referring to feeling depressed or dejected ...
                
             
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                听说那半天一直是灰暗的
                [tīng shuō nèi bàn tiān yī zhí shì huī àn de]
                
                                        Roughly means Its been gloomy that entire afternoon possibly conveying the feeling during difficult ...
                
             
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                荒凉年华暗淡无光
                [huāng liáng nián huá àn dàn wú guāng]
                
                                        Conveys a sense of bleakness and gloominess regarding ones past time indicating desolate periods ...
                
             
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                阴天很阴郁
                [yīn tiān hĕn yīn yù]
                
                                        Reflects a state of being melancholy and somber as if influenced by overcast weather ; it may represent ...
                
             
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                岁月残年
                [suì yuè cán nián]
                
                                        Expressing sadness through time it refers to years spent feeling empty melancholic or bittersweet ...
                
             
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                一季凄凉
                [yī jì qī liáng]
                
                                        A seasons bleakness ; this portrays feelings of gloom or sadness lasting for an extended period ...
                
             
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                黯淡百年
                [àn dàn băi nián]
                
                                        Dark and dim for a hundred years it may suggest enduring long periods filled with gloom or hardship ...
                
             
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                流年已久凉已未安
                [liú nián yĭ jiŭ liáng yĭ wèi ān]
                
                                        This conveys a melancholy atmosphere indicating a long passage of time has brought about instability ...