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

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

immediately / at once

granted that / even if

already at an earlier time

to receive medical treatment

to go to school

to see a doctor / to seek medical advice

at this point / thus / from then on

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

employment service / job placement service / jobseeker assistance

to take office / to assume a post

locally / on the spot

to cast / to forge / to form / to create

to be ready / to be in order

to dine

employment rate

to master (a skill)

employment opportunity / job opening

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

to move to a better job

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

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

to win success and recognition (idiom)

to attend school

to take office / to assume a post

(Tw) employment service (abbr. for 就業服務｜就业服务)

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

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 beat sb at their own game (idiom)

to take a seat

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

full employment

hands tied and waiting to be captured

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

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

inaugural lecture

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

to swear the oath of office

inside story

inaugural speech

in other words / that is to say

then it's too late (colloquial)

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

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

inauguration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

to be taken prisoner

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

to submit / to give in

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

to be born with / to be gifted with

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

to be next to (colloquial)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

follow the prescribed order / keep to conventional ways

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

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

bedtime

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

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)

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

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

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

to be placed in a coffin / to die

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

to draw on local resources / using materials at hand

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

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

to concede / to give up

to condescend / condescending / patronizing

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

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