欢呼: to cheer for, to acclaim...
劣势: inferior, disadvantaged...
社会: society...
忍饥挨饿: starving, famished...
老: noun prefix (Lao Wang)...
简体字: simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character...
或多或少: more or less...
飘: to float...
干扰: to disturb, to interfere, perturbation, interference (physics)...
萍水相逢: strangers coming together by chance (idiom)...