他们 tā men 窜 cuàn 过 Guò 边界 biānjiè 上 shǎng 的 de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,把 bǎ 一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

植物 zhíwù 的 de 本性 běn xìng 是 shì 向 Xiàng 上 shǎng 挺 tǐng 窜 cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .

It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.

那个 nà ge 老 lǎo 板 bǎn 老是 lǎo shi 在 zài 所得税 suǒ dé shuì 申报 shēnbào 上 shǎng 虚报 xū bào 窜改 cuàn gǎi .

The boss always fudges on his income tax forms.

火焰 huǒyàn 直 Zhí 窜 cuàn 天空 tiānkōng .

Flames were soaring into the sky.