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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倾盆 傾盆 qīng pén a downpour; rain bucketing down ∼HSK 6
洪流 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) ∼HSK 6
灾情 災情 zāi qíng disastrous situation; calamity ∼HSK 6
云端 雲端 yún duān high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud ∼HSK 6
肆虐 肆虐 sì nüè to wreak havoc; to devastate ∼HSK 6
崩落 崩落 bēng luò talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide ∼HSK 6
坍塌 坍塌 tān tā to collapse ∼HSK 6
漂流 漂流 piāo liú to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting ∼HSK 6
傲然 傲然 ào rán loftily; proudly; unyieldingly ∼HSK 6
一如 一如 yī rú to be just like ∼HSK 6
辟建 闢建 pì jiàn (Tw) to construct (on undeveloped land) ∼HSK 6
纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc) ∼HSK 6
宛如 宛如 wǎn rú to be just like ∼HSK 6
孤岛 孤島 gū dǎo isolated island ∼HSK 6
阔叶 闊葉 kuò yè broad-leaved (tree) ∼HSK 6
砍伐 砍伐 kǎn fá to hew; to cut down ∼HSK 6
经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) ∼HSK 6
菜园 菜園 cài yuán vegetable garden ∼HSK 6
浴池 浴池 yù chí public bath ∼HSK 6
招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off ∼HSK 6
涓涓 涓涓 juān juān a trickle; tiny stream; sluggish; to flow sluggishly ∼HSK 6
山洪 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt ∼HSK 6
仿造 仿造 fǎng zào to copy; to produce sth after a model; to counterfeit ∼HSK 6
景物 景物 jǐng wù scenery ∼HSK 6
搭调 搭調 dā diào to match; in tune; reasonable ∼HSK 6
风雅 風雅 fēng yǎ cultured; sophisticated ∼HSK 6
共犯 共犯 gòng fàn accomplice ∼HSK 6
蓄水池 蓄水池 xù shuǐ chí water reservoir ∼HSK 6
浑浊 渾濁 hún zhuó muddy; turbid ∼HSK 6
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
年产 年產 nián chǎn annual production ∼HSK 6
远远超过 遠遠超過 yuǎn yuǎn chāo guò surpassing by far ∼HSK 6
海水倒灌 海水倒灌 hǎi shuǐ dào guàn saltwater intrusion ∼HSK 6
田园 田園 tián yuán fields; countryside; rural; bucolic ∼HSK 6
土葬 土葬 tǔ zàng burial (in earth) ∼HSK 6
九孔 九孔 jiǔ kǒng abalone (Haliotis diversicolor) ∼HSK 6
觅食 覓食 mì shí to forage; to hunt for food; to scavenge; fig. to make a living ∼HSK 6
本岛 本島 běn dǎo main island ∼HSK 6
海岛 海島 hǎi dǎo island ∼HSK 6
净水器 淨水器 jìng shuǐ qì water purifier ∼HSK 6
清洁剂 清潔劑 qīng jié jì detergent; cleaning solution ∼HSK 6
化粪池 化糞池 huà fèn chí septic tank ∼HSK 6
循着 循著 xún zhe to follow ∼HSK 6
奔流 奔流 bēn liú to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current ∼HSK 6
计数 計數 jì shù to count; reckoning ∼HSK 6
渗入 滲入 shèn rù to permeate ∼HSK 6
住宅区 住宅區 zhù zhái qū residential area; housing development ∼HSK 6
凭吊 憑弔 píng diào to visit a place for the memories; to pay homage to (the deceased) ∼HSK 6
石灰石 石灰石 shí huī shí limestone ∼HSK 6
黏土 黏土 nián tǔ clay ∼HSK 6