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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| 旅馆 旅館 | hotel | |
| 完善 完善 | (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed; excellent; to refine; to improve | |
| 种子 種子 | seed | |
| 东部 東部 | the east; eastern part | |
| 排名 排名 | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking | |
| 比例 比例 | proportion; scale | |
| 环保 環保 | environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护 | |
| 生长 生長 | to grow; to grow up; to be brought up | |
| 纪录 紀錄 | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
| 房屋 房屋 | house; building | |
| 概念 概念 | concept; idea | |
| 不论 不論 | whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss | |
| 工业 工業 | industry | |
| 天空 天空 | sky | |
| 防止 防止 | to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions | |
| 西部 西部 | western part | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 文明 文明 | civilized; civilization; culture | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 需求 需求 | requirement; to require; (economics) demand | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 开发 開發 | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop | |
| 计算 計算 | to count; to calculate; to compute | |
| 称为 稱為 | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." | |
| 数量 數量 | amount; quantity; quantitative | |
| 长期 長期 | long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) | |
| 飞行 飛行 | (of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation | |
| 工厂 工廠 | factory | |
| 合法 合法 | lawful; legitimate; legal | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 对待 對待 | to treat; treatment | |
| 土 土 | earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 生存 生存 | to exist; to survive | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 形成 形成 | to form; to take shape | |
| 快速 快速 | fast; high-speed; rapid | |
| 类似 類似 | similar; analogous | |
| 大约 大約 | approximately; probably | |
| 成长 成長 | to mature; to grow; growth | |
| 生产 生產 | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 通常 通常 | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 交流 交流 | to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb) |