desolated(old-down; has not been repaired for many years)

The more the clay, the bigger the statue of Buddha.

bullshit artist(ringtail snorter)

Catch up with others

Domestic trouble and foreign invasion

South Locomotive

judge other people's feelings by one's own(can explain by simple analogy)

The music lingered in the air long after the performance ended

Scattered birds and fish

find a pretext for refusal

Conditions are becoming better and better

live like beasts of burden(a dog's life)

Make friends

Make trouble

The birds are frightened.

To pull strings

grandfather and father

Turn around

Not to be seen in the mud

To be on stage