小卒: foot soldier, minor figure, a nobody, (chess) pawn...
化险为夷: to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster...
半年: half a year...
经过: to pass, to go through, process, course...
裂痕: crack, gap, split...
天线: antenna, mast, connection with high-ranking officials...
不言而喻: it goes without saying, it is self-evident...
粉碎: to crush, to smash, to shatter...
核心: core, nucleus...
捆绑: to bind...
