扎: to prick, to run or stick (a needle etc) into, jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)...
砸: to smash, to pound, to fail, to muck up, to bungle...
近: near, close to, approximately...
起程: to set out, to leave...
留: stay...
包庇: to shield, to harbor, to cover up...
一边: one side, either side, on the one hand, on the other hand, doing while...
逃走: to escape, to flee, to run away...
秧歌: Yangge, a popular rural folk dance...
动不动: (typically followed by ) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc), at the drop of a hat...