(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

will / shall / to be going to

already at an earlier time

exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / (used correlatively with 也) even; even if

to get a job / employment

accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個｜个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about

(coll.) even if

in other words / that is to say

in other words; that is

to receive medical treatment

to see a doctor / to seek medical advice

to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people)

nearby / in a close neighborhood

to dine

locally / on the spot

to go to school

to take office / to assume a post

to take office; to assume a post

to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)

to take a seat

in other words / that is to say / so / thus

to do what needs to be done, without delay

to beat sb at their own game (idiom)

to cast / to forge / to form / to create

to be ready / to be in order

at this point / thus / from then on

to take up a prestigious position / (courteous) to work (as in 您在哪高就 "where are you working?")

to attend school

to accept (a bit reluctantly) / to put up with

to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight

to win success and recognition (idiom)

another one is ...; the other thing is ...

to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr

to be taken prisoner

(idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine

lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight

to submit / to give in

half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance

to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones

to draw on local resources / using materials at hand

lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back

to set off / to take to the road

lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through

inside story

to master (a skill)

to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands

to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave

(of a price) to fluctuate according to the market / to sell at the market price

to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution / to carry out the law on the spot

to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke

at one's convenience; while one is at it

(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points

(literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing)

(of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom) / (athletics) On your mark!

crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works.

unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting

to concede / to give up

to act as companion

immediately / at once

to deign / to condescend / to yield to (entreaties) / to submit to (sb) / (polite) to deign to accept (a post)

lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity

sense of achievement

serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang)

employment service; job placement service; jobseeker assistance

to be placed in a coffin; (fig.) to die

to pick up (a skill) in a very short time; to take to sth like a duck to water

employment rate

a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain

(saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent

everything in its place and ready (idiom)

to turn on one's heels / to walk away abruptly

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

inaugural lecture

better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case

(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of; using

by nature / fundamentally / inherently

then it's too late (colloquial)

inaugural speech

much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)

to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)

lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison

it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)

not to understand the situation / unaware of the ins and outs

certainly

lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear

in other words; i.e.

to be born with / to be gifted with

lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others

lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) / to believe rumors / to be credulous

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平｜邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

full employment

to melt in one's mouth

to be quick to take offense; to have a short fuse

to get a better job somewhere else (idiom) / to seek alternative employment

unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)

to swear the oath of office