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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| 突出 突出 | prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project | Xiehouyu |
| 台中 臺中 | Taichung, city in central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 后龙 後龍 | Houlung town in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 台东 台東 | Taidong or Taitung city and county in Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 火力发电厂 火力發電廠 | fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) | |
| 养育 養育 | to rear; to bring up; to nurture | |
| 阿里山 阿里山 | Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 铁皮 鐵皮 | galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) | |
| 血肉 血肉 | flesh | |
| 美名 美名 | good name; good reputation | |
| 法令 法令 | decree; ordinance | |
| 农 農 | agriculture, farming; farmer | |
| 万物 萬物 | all things; all that exists | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 无人 無人 | unmanned; uninhabited | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 整地 整地 | to prepare the soil (agriculture) | |
| 水土 水土 | water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate | |
| 容下 容下 | to hold; to admit; to accommodate; to tolerate | |
| 谷 穀 | valley, gorge, ravine | |
| 鱼类 魚類 | fishes | |
| 福地 福地 | happy land; paradise | |
| 沙 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated | |
| 突 突 | suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly | |
| 死水 死水 | stagnant water; backwater | |
| 阴阳 陰陽 | yin and yang | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 心力 心力 | mental and physical efforts | |
| 输电 輸電 | electricity transmission; to transmit electricity | |
| 对决 對決 | confrontation; contest; showdown | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 在世 在世 | to be alive | |
| 流布 流佈 | to spread; to circulate; to disseminate | |
| 病痛 病痛 | slight illness; indisposition; ailment | |
| 合力 合力 | to join forces; concerted effort; (physics) resultant force | |
| 相较 相較 | to compare | |
| 生命线 生命線 | lifeline | |
| 留学 留學 | to study abroad | |
| 下一代 下一代 | the next generation | |
| 农村 農村 | rural area; village | |
| 节约 節約 | to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal | |
| 子女 子女 | children; sons and daughters | |
| 将近 將近 | almost; nearly; close to | |
| 面积 面積 | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land | |
| 价钱 價錢 | price | |
| 人工 人工 | artificial; manpower; manual work |