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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| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 六十 六十 | sixty; 60 | |
| 高楼 高樓 | high building; multistory building; skyscraper | |
| 商用 商用 | (attributive) commercial | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 东南西北 東南西北 | east, south, west and north; all directions | |
| 商 商 | commerce, business, trade | |
| 其它 其它 | (adjective) other | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 天大 天大 | gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 小雨 小雨 | light rain; drizzle | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 多山 多山 | mountainous | |
| 上山 上山 | to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise | |
| 日出 日出 | sunrise | |
| 去路 去路 | the way one is following; outlet | |
| 一来 一來 | firstly,... | |
| 大水 大水 | flood | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 下水 下水 | downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 水渍 水漬 | water spot; water stain; wet spot; damp patch; water damage | |
| 先人 先人 | ancestor; forefather; sb's late father | |
| 从来没 從來沒 | have never; has never | |
| 一路来 一路來 | all the way; all along; since the start | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 山峦 山巒 | mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks | |
| 儿歌 兒歌 | nursery rhyme | |
| 家门 家門 | house door; family clan | |
| 门前 門前 | in front of the door | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 高唱 高唱 | to sing loudly; fig. to mouth slogans | |
| 过多 過多 | too many; excessive | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 讪笑 訕笑 | to ridicule; to mock | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 想出 想出 | to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 过客 過客 | passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner | |
| 地下水 地下水 | groundwater | |
| 从来不 從來不 | never | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 车站 車站 | rail station; bus stop |