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

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

to get a job / employment

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

that is / i.e.

granted that / even if

will / shall / to be going to

in other words / that is

immediately / at once

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

to take office / to assume a post

to receive medical treatment

to go to school

at this point / thus / from then on

already at an earlier time

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

to see a doctor / to seek medical advice

nearby / in a close neighborhood

to dine

locally / on the spot

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

employment rate

to take office / to assume a post

to attend school

to be ready / to be in order

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

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

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

employment opportunity / job opening

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

to move to a better job

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

full employment

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

inauguration

to submit / to give in

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

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

to win success and recognition (idiom)

to swear the oath of office

inaugural speech

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

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

then it's too late (colloquial)

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

inaugural lecture

to be next to (colloquial)

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

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

to beat sb at their own game (idiom)

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

to set off / to take to the road

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

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

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

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

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

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

everything in its place and ready (idiom)

to be taken prisoner

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

hands tied and waiting to be captured

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

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

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

follow the prescribed order / keep to conventional ways

inside story

see 有奶便是娘

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

to act as companion

to draw on local resources / using materials at hand

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

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

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

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

unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting

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

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

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

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

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

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

bedtime

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

to be placed in a coffin / to die

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

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 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

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

to concede / to give up

to condescend / condescending / patronizing

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

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

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

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)

hands tied and expecting the worst

to melt in one's mouth