Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above 2013
看见台湾
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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Vocabulary
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| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 不时 不時 | from time to time; now and then; occasionally; frequently | |
| 泼 潑 | to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish | |
| 煤 煤 | coal | |
| 繁荣 繁榮 | prosperous; booming (economy) | |
| 直线 直線 | straight line; sharply (rise or fall) | |
| 分解 分解 | to resolve; to decompose; to break down | |
| 有毒 有毒 | poisonous | |
| 不停 不停 | incessant | |
| 经费 經費 | funds; expenditure | |
| 岸 㟁 | bank; shore; beach; coast | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 频繁 頻繁 | frequently; often | |
| 热门 熱門 | popular; hot; in vogue | |
| 地带 地帶 | zone | |
| 沟 溝 | ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine | |
| 洒 灑 | to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed | |
| 低于 低於 | to be lower than | |
| 争议 爭議 | controversy; dispute; to dispute | |
| 便利 便利 | convenient; easy; to facilitate | |
| 停留 停留 | to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over | |
| 外界 外界 | the outside world; external | |
| 转向 轉向 | to change direction; fig. to change one's stance | |
| 更新 更新 | to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate | |
| 四周 四周 | all around | |
| 当前 當前 | the present time; to be faced with | |
| 象征 象徵 | emblem; symbol; token; badge; to symbolize; to signify; to stand for | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 灾难 災難 | disaster; catastrophe | |
| 劳动 勞動 | work; toil; physical labor | |
| 成本 成本 | (manufacturing, production etc) costs | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 蔬菜 蔬菜 | vegetables | |
| 吨 噸 | ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dùn] | |
| 产业 產業 | industry; estate; property; industrial | |
| 过度 過度 | excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue | |
| 地震 地震 | earthquake | |
| 建造 建造 | to construct; to build | |
| 利润 利潤 | profits | |
| 偶尔 偶爾 | occasionally; once in a while; sometimes | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 悲剧 悲劇 | tragedy | |
| 严肃 嚴肅 | solemn; grave; serious; earnest; severe | |
| 画面 畫面 | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view | |
| 空中 空中 | in the sky; in the air | |
| 污染 污染 | to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.) | |
| 抱怨 抱怨 | to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied | |
| 冲突 衝突 | conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention |