听多了这样的故事，便常常觉得自己像只气球，仿佛飞得很高，仔细一看却是被浮云托着；外表看上去也还饱满，但肚子里却是空空。

Having heard so many stories like this, I just feel I am like a balloon, which is seemingly flying high but is actually upheld by the cloud, and which is seemingly "full" but actually very "empty".

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虽然当时人们依然穿着破旧的衣裳，肚子里依然空空如野。

At the time, people are still dressed in shabby clothes, stomach is still empty, such as wild.

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