Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above 2013
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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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| 楚河汉界 楚河漢界 | lit. the river that divides Chu and Han; fig. a line that divides rival territories; the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard | Proper Noun |
| 苗栗 苗栗 | Miaoli city and county in northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 山林 山林 | wooded mountain; mountain forest | |
| 冲刷 沖刷 | to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down; to erode; to wash away | |
| 公尺 公尺 | meter (unit of length) | |
| 湿地 溼地 | variant of | |
| 环境保护 環境保護 | environmental protection | |
| 共生 共生 | symbiosis | |
| 雨量 雨量 | rainfall | |
| 抽取 抽取 | to extract; to remove; to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc) | |
| 岩 巖 | cliff; rocks; mountain | |
| 电量 電量 | quantity of electric charge | |
| 子子孙孙 子子孫孫 | (idiom) one's posterity | |
| 犒赏 犒賞 | reward; to reward | |
| 丰美 豐美 | abundant and prosperous | |
| 族群 族群 | ethnic group; community | |
| 要嘛 要嘛 | either...; or... | |
| 为例 為例 | used in the construction 以...為例|以...为例, "to take... as an example" | |
| 路基 路基 | (civil engineering) roadbed | |
| 大范围 大範圍 | large-scale | |
| 高处 高處 | high place; elevation | |
| 成材 成材 | to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber | |
| 怪手 怪手 | (Tw) excavator; backhoe | |
| 高丽菜 高麗菜 | cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:,); Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4] | |
| 挑嘴 挑嘴 | picky about food | |
| 无处 無處 | nowhere | |
| 盖上 蓋上 | to cover | |
| 意识到 意識到 | to be aware of; to realize | |
| 而今 而今 | now; at the present (time) | |
| 渔业 漁業 | fishing industry; fishery | |
| 翻过 翻過 | to turn over; to transform | |
| 所需 所需 | necessary (for); required | |
| 平方公里 平方公里 | square kilometer | |
| 直尺 直尺 | straight ruler | |
| 每隔 每隔 | at intervals of; every (so often) | |
| 何等 何等 | what kind?; how, what; somewhat | |
| 泛 氾 | to drift, float; careless, reckless | |
| 油污 油汙 | greasy dirt; sludge (from an oil spill) | |
| 应有 應有 | to deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc) | |
| 肚 肚 | belly; abdomen; bowels | |
| 推估 推估 | to estimate | |
| 废弃 廢棄 | to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate | |
| 回填 回填 | to backfill | |
| 划定 劃定 | to demarcate; to delimit | |
| 塑 塑 | model in clay, sculpt; plastics | |
| 支应 支應 | to deal with; to wait on; to provide for | |
| 民生 民生 | people's livelihood; people's welfare | |
| 竞争力 競爭力 | competitive strength; competitiveness | |
| 获利 獲利 | profit; to obtain benefits; benefits obtained | |
| 意识形态 意識形態 | ideology |