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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