Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above 2013

看见台湾 kànjiàn táiwān

Documenting Taiwan from an aerial perspective offering a glimpse of Taiwan's natural beauty as well as the effect of human activities and urbanization on our environment.

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5.59 Advanced Director Chi Po-Lin IMDb 7.9

Cast

Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen Narrator Xiang Hong Self Cing-Soong Lai Self Nolay Piho Nolay Piho (singing voice)

Vocabulary

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流入 流入 liú rù to flow into; to drift into; influx; inflow HSK 7
岛屿 島嶼 dǎo yǔ island HSK 7
自然而然 自然而然 zì rán ér rán involuntary; automatically HSK 7
二氧化碳 二氧化碳 èr yǎng huà tàn carbon dioxide CO2 HSK 7
曲折 曲折 qū zhé winding; (fig.) complicated HSK 7
喂养 餵養 wèi yǎng to feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to keep; to raise (an animal) HSK 7
呻吟 呻吟 shēn yín to moan; to groan HSK 7
掠夺 掠奪 lu:è duó to plunder; to rob HSK 7
分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) HSK 7
严禁 嚴禁 yán jìn to strictly prohibit HSK 7
高山 高山 gāo shān high mountain; alpine mountain HSK 7
揽 攬 lǎn to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass HSK 7
灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate HSK 7
汗水 汗水 hàn shuǐ sweat; perspiration HSK 7
起源 起源 qǐ yuán origin; to originate; to come from HSK 7
退缩 退縮 tuì suō to shrink back; to cower HSK 7
昆虫 昆蟲 kūn chóng insect HSK 7
葬 塟 zàng to bury (the dead); to inter HSK 7
足迹 足跡 zú jì footprint; track; spoor HSK 7
傲慢 傲慢 ào màn arrogant; haughty HSK 7
趁着 趁著 chènzhe while HSK 7
友善 友善 yǒu shàn friendly HSK 7
地质 地質 dì zhì geology HSK 7
养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth HSK 7
引诱 引誘 yǐn yòu to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce HSK 7
排放 排放 pái fàng to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc); (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen HSK 7
城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall HSK 7
接纳 接納 jiē nà to admit (to membership) HSK 7
流失 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained HSK 7
放纵 放縱 fàng zòng to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
开采 開採 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine HSK 7
苗 苗 miáo sprout HSK 7
寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine) HSK 7
祖先 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
上游 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream HSK 7
善意 善意 shàn yì goodwill; benevolence; kindness HSK 7
化身 化身 huà shēn incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification HSK 7
古人 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person HSK 7
泥土 泥土 ní tǔ earth; soil; mud; clay HSK 7
丑陋 醜陋 chǒu lòu ugly HSK 7
高压 高壓 gāo yā high pressure; high-handed HSK 7
人造 人造 rén zào man-made; artificial; synthetic HSK 7
飞翔 飛翔 fēi xiáng to circle in the air; to soar HSK 7
堤 堤 dī dike; Taiwan pr. [tí] HSK 7
伤势 傷勢 shāng shì condition of an injury HSK 7
有幸 有幸 yǒu xìng fortunately HSK 7
逢 逢 féng to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon HSK 7
亩 畝 mǔ classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare HSK 7
水源 水源 shuǐ yuán water source; water supply; headwaters of a river HSK 7