to assert authority and dictate how things should be done
主张权威并决定事情应该如何做 (zhǔzhāng quánwēi bìng juédìng shìqíng yīnggāi rúhé zuò)
"The new judge quickly laid down the law in the courtroom."
"新法官很快在法庭上放下法律。" (Xīn fǎguān hěn kuài zài fǎtíng shàng fàngxià fǎlǜ.)
to see how good someone or something is
Very quickly, almost instantaneously.
to experience pressure or criticism
very early in the morning
Adapt to the customs of the place you are visiting
to show signs of being creative or imaginative