cross-road(the parting of the ways)

draw a forced analogy(drag somebody away willy-nilly)

be full of prunes(be light in the head)

a field littered with corpses(be littered with the bodies of the dead)

benefit oneself at the expense of others

be conceited and contemptuous(be proud and insolent because of one's talent)

play petty tricks on the sly like rats that filch and dogs that snatch

sparse

rise suddenly in social status(rise in the world)

make use of an opportunity to gain one's end; go with the current

disregard one's own safety(risk one's life)

light-minded(have two minds)

die with nothing to regret

build up sb.'s public image

have a bad name

suffer a loss in one place

play petty tricks on the sly like rats that filch and dogs that snatch

have no valuable things

sell at a fair price

longevity(May you live as long as the Southern Mountain,May your age be as high as the Southern Mountain)