Zài luànshì zhōng, pǔtōng rén de shēnghuó fēicháng jiānnán.
In times of chaos, ordinary people's lives were very difficult.
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乱世 is a key concept in Chinese historical narrative. Many celebrated stories (Three Kingdoms, Warring States) take place during 乱世. The opposite is 盛世 (shèngshì, 'golden age/prosperous era').