And he says, "No, no, I'm too miserable and wretched," And the guy says, "Oh, you must be some kind of a merchant."

他推辞道,不,我的腿脚不利索,那些人答道,你肯定是到处兜售的商人

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It's dark. The other, dark, in the sense of gloomy, not good, bad; this is a hard time, a poor time, a wretched time, a miserable time.

因此称之为黑暗,另一个理由是,黑暗从悲观的角度来说就是不好的,坏的,这是一个艰难的时代,一个穷苦的时代,一个不幸的时代,一个悲惨的时代

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