already at an earlier time

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

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

(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 ...

to get a job / employment

will / shall / to be going to

in other words; that is

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

employment opportunity / job opening

locally / on the spot

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

(coll.) even if

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

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

to take a seat

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

in other words / that is to say

to act as companion

to receive medical treatment

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

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

to see a doctor / to seek medical advice

nearby / in a close neighborhood

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

to take office; to assume a post

at this point / thus / from then on

immediately / at once

to take office / to assume a post

to dine; to have one's meal

to go to school

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

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

by nature / fundamentally / inherently

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

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

employment rate

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

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

then it's too late (colloquial)

employment service; job placement service; jobseeker assistance

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

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

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

in other words; i.e.

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

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

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

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

to win success and recognition (idiom)

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

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

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

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

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

to draw on local resources / using materials at hand

full employment

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

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

to do what needs to be done, without delay

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

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

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

certainly

to be taken prisoner

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

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

everything in its place and ready (idiom)

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

inside story

hands tied and expecting the worst

at one's convenience; while one is at it

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

to master (a skill)

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

to attend school

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

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

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

sense of achievement

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 go to sleep / to go to bed (literary)

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

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

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

to concede / to give up

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

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

unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting

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

to cast / to forge / to form / to create

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

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

inauguration

to condescend / condescending / patronizing

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

see 有奶便是娘

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

inaugural lecture

to set off / to take to the road