"چی بودیم، چی شدیم" meaning in Persian

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “What were we and what have we become!”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "či budim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "či šodim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "phrase",
        "tr": "či budim, či šodim"
      },
      "expansion": "چی بودیم، چی شدیم • (či budim, či šodim)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whatever happened to us!; expression of melancholy for a glorious past or of general cultural pessimism"
      ],
      "id": "en-چی_بودیم،_چی_شدیم-fa-phrase-3KpK6PCB",
      "links": [
        [
          "cultural pessimism",
          "cultural pessimism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "more formal, but uncommon",
          "roman": "če budim, če šodim",
          "word": "چه بودیم، چه شدیم"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "چی بودیم، چی شدیم"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “What were we and what have we become!”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "či budim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "či šodim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "phrase",
        "tr": "či budim, či šodim"
      },
      "expansion": "چی بودیم، چی شدیم • (či budim, či šodim)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Persian lemmas",
        "Persian multiword terms",
        "Persian phrases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whatever happened to us!; expression of melancholy for a glorious past or of general cultural pessimism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cultural pessimism",
          "cultural pessimism#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "more formal, but uncommon",
      "roman": "če budim, če šodim",
      "word": "چه بودیم، چه شدیم"
    }
  ],
  "word": "چی بودیم، چی شدیم"
}