(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 ...

will / shall / to be going to

already at an earlier time

to get a job / employment

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

(coll.) even if

in other words; that is

in other words / that is to say

to go to school

to receive medical treatment

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

nearby / in a close neighborhood

to take office; to assume a post

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

locally / on the spot

to take office / to assume a post

to dine

to take a seat

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

to see a doctor / to seek medical advice

to do what needs to be done, without delay

certainly

to win success and recognition (idiom)

at this point / thus / from then on

to draw on local resources / using materials at hand

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

to beat sb at their own game (idiom)

to attend school

sense of achievement

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

employment service; job placement service; jobseeker assistance

to be ready / to be in order

to be born with / to be gifted with

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

to master (a skill)

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

employment rate

to submit / to give in

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

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. 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

unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting

inside story

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

full employment

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

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

to concede / to give up

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

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

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

to move to a better job

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

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

to set off / to take to the road

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

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

immediately / at once

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

to act as companion

to be taken prisoner

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

at one's convenience; while one is at it

in other words; i.e.

to cast / to forge / to form / to create

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

inauguration

inaugural speech

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

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

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

everything in its place and ready (idiom)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

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)

to melt in one's mouth

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

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

to swear the oath of office

(of a bowl, a cup etc) to be brought up to one's mouth

pucker-type lid (cup lid with a spout for sipping)

then it's too late (colloquial)

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

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