at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning

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

to get a job / employment

nearby / in a close neighborhood

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

to yield / to adapt to / to accommodate to (sth)

(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as

that is / i.e.

will / shall / to be going to

in other words / that is

immediately / at once

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

to receive medical treatment

already at an earlier time

granted that / even if

to see a doctor / to seek medical advice

to go to school

to be next to (colloquial)

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

to dine

at this point / thus / from then on

to be ready / to be in order

employment rate

employment opportunity / job opening

to take office / to assume a post

locally / on the spot

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

then it's too late (colloquial)

full employment

to take office / to assume a post

to move to a better job

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

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

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

inside story

inaugural lecture

to attend school

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance

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

to win success and recognition (idiom)

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

to melt in one's mouth

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

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

to beat sb at their own game (idiom)

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

hands tied and waiting to be captured

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

to concede / to give up

to swear the oath of office

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 be born with / to be gifted with

to quit while one is ahead (idiom) / to know when to stop

inaugural speech

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

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

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

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

inauguration

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

to set off / to take to the road

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

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

everything in its place and ready (idiom)

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

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

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

to be taken prisoner

at sb's convenience / in passing / while doing it

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

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

to go to sleep / to go to bed (literary)

bedtime

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

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

to be quick to take offence / to have a short fuse

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

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

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

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

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

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

see 有奶便是娘

to draw on local resources / using materials at hand

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

follow the prescribed order / keep to conventional ways

to act as companion

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

unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting

to be placed in a coffin / to die

Employment Stability Fee (Taiwan), a minimum monthly fee for employing foreign workers

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

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

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. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed

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

to condescend / condescending / patronizing

to submit / to give in

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

Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)