Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above 2013

看见台湾 kànjiàn táiwān

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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5.59 Advanced Director Chi Po-Lin IMDb 7.9

Cast

Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen Narrator Xiang Hong Self Cing-Soong Lai Self Nolay Piho Nolay Piho (singing voice)

Vocabulary

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不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
怵目惊心 怵目驚心 chù mù jīng xīn lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight; also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心 Idiom ∼HSK 6
乘风破浪 乘風破浪 chéng fēng pò làng to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions Idiom ∼HSK 6
脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character Idiom ∼HSK 6
一望无际 一望無際 yī wàng wú jì as far as the eye can see (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
我行我素 我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù to continue in one's own way (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
束手无策 束手無策 shù shǒu wú cè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis Idiom ∼HSK 6
堂而皇之 堂而皇之 táng ér huáng zhī overt; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose; with great scope Idiom ∼HSK 6
胼手胝足 胼手胝足 pián shǒu zhī zú lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom); fig. to work one's fingers to the bone Idiom ∼HSK 6
贪得无厌 貪得無厭 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied Idiom ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
淤积 淤積 yū jī to silt up; silt; sediment; ooze; slurry ∼HSK 6
立方公尺 立方公尺 lì fāng gōng chǐ cubic meter (m³) ∼HSK 6
崩塌 崩塌 bēng tā talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide ∼HSK 6
下陷 下陷 xià xiàn to subside; subsidence ∼HSK 6
工业区 工業區 gōng yè qū industrial zone ∼HSK 6
河川 河川 hé chuān rivers ∼HSK 6
公吨 公噸 gōng dūn ton; metric ton ∼HSK 6
盗采 盜採 dào cǎi to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally; illegal mining (or logging etc) ∼HSK 6
电塔 電塔 diàn tǎ electricity pylon; transmission tower ∼HSK 6
掩埋 掩埋 yǎn mái to bury ∼HSK 6
槟榔 檳榔 bīng lang betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut ∼HSK 6
铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ∼HSK 6
溪谷 溪谷 xī gǔ valley; gorge ∼HSK 6
蓄水 蓄水 xù shuǐ water storage ∼HSK 6
泥沙 泥沙 ní shā silt ∼HSK 6
海堤 海堤 hǎi dī levee; dyke; seawall ∼HSK 6
废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water; drain water; effluent ∼HSK 6
密密麻麻 密密麻麻 mì mi má má numerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted ∼HSK 6
不肖 不肖 bù xiào (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy ∼HSK 6
外销 外銷 wài xiāo to export; to sell abroad ∼HSK 6
掏空 掏空 tāo kōng to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling ∼HSK 6
仅供 僅供 jǐn gōng only for ∼HSK 6
讶异 訝異 yà yì to be surprised; to be astonished ∼HSK 6
飘荡 飄盪 piāo dàng to drift; to wave; to float on the waves; to flutter in the wind ∼HSK 6
哀愁 哀愁 āi chóu sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful ∼HSK 6
渔人 漁人 yú rén fisherman ∼HSK 6
良田 良田 liáng tián good agricultural land; fertile land ∼HSK 6
横越 橫越 héng yuè to cross; to pass over; to traverse; trans- ∼HSK 6
骇浪 駭浪 hài làng swelling or stormy seas ∼HSK 6
谦卑 謙卑 qiān bēi humble ∼HSK 6
滋养 滋養 zī yǎng to nourish ∼HSK 6
稻穗 稻穗 dào suì rice ear ∼HSK 6
繁衍 繁衍 fán yǎn to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity ∼HSK 6
各行各业 各行各業 gè háng - gè yè every trade; all professions; all walks of life ∼HSK 6