立法院 lì fǎ yuàn - Legislative Yuan (Taiwan’s parliament)
立委(立法委員) lì wěi (lì fǎ wěi yuán) - legislator
國民黨 guó mín dǎng - Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s main opposition party
民進黨 mín jìn dǎng - Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan’s ruling party
民眾黨 mín zhòng dǎng - Taiwan People’s Party (TPP)
多數 duō shù - majority
法案 fǎ àn - bill; proposal
國會改革法案 guó huì gǎi gé fǎ àn - congressional reform bill
花東交通三法 huā dōng jiāo tōng sān fǎ - three transportation bills for Hualien and Taitung
更有力的監督政府 gèng yǒu lì de jiān dū zhèng fǔ - more effective government oversight
濫權 làn quán - abuse of power
審判權 shěn pàn quán - judicial power
行政處分權 xíng zhèng chǔ fèn quán - administrative penalty power
五權分立 wǔ quán fēn lì - five-branch separation of powers (Taiwan system)
考試院 kǎo shì yuàn - Examination Yuan (Taiwan’s branch in charge of civil service exams)
監察院 jiān chá yuàn - Control Yuan (for auditing and oversight)
審查過程 shěn chá guò chéng - review process
充分 chōng fèn - sufficient; thorough
用人數壓過去 yòng rén shù yā guò qù - push through by majority numbers
立法凌駕行政 lì fǎ líng jià xíng zhèng - legislation overriding the executive branch
衝突 chōng tú - conflict; clash
阻擋 zǔ dǎng - to block; to obstruct
搶下了主席台 qiǎng xià le zhǔ xí tái - seized the speaker’s podium
一口氣通過了 yì kǒu qì tōng guò le - passed in one go
爭議 zhēng yì - controversy
公民團體 gōng mín tuán tǐ - civic groups
集結抗議 jí jié kàng yì - gather to protest
發起連署 fā qǐ lián shǔ - launch a petition
罷免 bà miǎn - recall (from office)
藍營 lán yíng - the “blue camp” (KMT and allies)
訴求 sù qiú - demand; appeal
中共代理人 zhōng gòng dài lǐ rén - Chinese Communist Party proxy
中共政協主席 zhōng gòng zhèng xié zhǔ xí - Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
王滬寧 Wáng Hùníng - Wang Huning (top CCP official)
高層 gāo céng - high-ranking official
統戰 tǒng zhàn - united front (political strategy by CCP)
頭號人物 tóu hào rén wù - top figure; key player
被台灣社會質疑 bèi tái wān shè huì zhí yí - questioned by Taiwanese society
賣台 mài tái - betray Taiwan to China
政權 zhèng quán - regime; political power
舔共 tiǎn gòng - to flatter or appease the Chinese Communist Party
賴清德 Lài Qīngdé - Lai Ching-te (Taiwan’s current president)
搞台獨 gǎo tái dú - push for Taiwan independence
靠攏美國 kào lǒng měi guó - align with the U.S.
製造社會對立 zhì zào shè huì duì lì - create social division
綠色恐怖 lǜ sè kǒng bù - “green terror” (term used to criticize the DPP)
獨裁極權 dú cái jí quán - dictatorship and authoritarianism
加速台獨 jiā sù tái dú - accelerate Taiwan independence
不擇手段地謀獨 bù zé shǒu duàn de móu dú - seek independence by any means necessary
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