nà / duàn / shí / jiān / shēng / yì / bù / hǎo / tā / men / yì / jiā / zhǐ / néng / bā / bā / jiē / jiē / de / guò / rì / zi

那段时间生意不好，他们一家只能巴巴结结地过日子。

Business was poor during that period, so the whole family could only scrape by.