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.

to receive medical treatment

will / shall / to be going to

granted that / even if

in other words / that is

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

immediately / at once

already at an earlier time

to go to school

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

to see a doctor / to seek medical advice

at this point / thus / from then on

to take office / to assume a post

locally / on the spot

to dine

to be ready / to be in order

employment rate

employment opportunity / job opening

full employment

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

to take office / to assume a post

certainly

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

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

to attend school

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

to move to a better job

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

to win success and recognition (idiom)

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

inaugural lecture

to beat sb at their own game (idiom)

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

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

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

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

to be next to (colloquial)

then it's too late (colloquial)

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

inauguration

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

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

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

to set off / to take to the road

hands tied and waiting to be captured

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

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

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

inside story

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

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

see 有奶便是娘

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

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

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

follow the prescribed order / keep to conventional ways

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

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

bedtime

unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting

to concede / to give up

to be placed in a coffin / to die

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

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

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

to melt in one's mouth

to condescend / condescending / patronizing

to submit / to give in

hands tied and expecting the worst

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