事情怎么到了这地步?
Shìqing zěnme dào le zhè dìbù?
English
How did things come to this?
stage
stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
Every character draws itself stroke by stroke, then hands you the brush to trace it yourself.
Nice writing!
事情怎么到了这地步?
Shìqing zěnme dào le zhè dìbù?
How did things come to this?
他竟穷到这种地步。
Tā jìng qióng dào zhè zhǒng dì bù.
He is actually this poor.
Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.