lián / nián / de / zhàn / luàn / shǐ / zhè / ge / guó / jiā / fēng / yǔ / piāo / yáo / bǎi / xìng / shēng / huó / shí / fēn / jiān / nán

连年的战乱使这个国家风雨漂摇，百姓生活十分艰难。

Years of war left the country unstable, and the people lived in great hardship.