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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| 必需品 必需品 | necessity; essential (thing) | |
| 残破 殘破 | broken; dilapidated | |
| 坑洞 坑洞 | hole; pit; pothole | |
| 主旋律 主旋律 | (music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea; (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view | |
| 跨过 跨過 | to surmount; to cross over | |
| 山野 山野 | wild mountain | |
| 经济繁荣 經濟繁榮 | economic prosperity | |
| 耗能 耗能 | to consume energy | |
| 电子业 電子業 | electronics industry | |
| 物质文明 物質文明 | material culture | |
| 大浪 大浪 | billow; surge | |
| 扑打 撲打 | to swat; (of wings) to flap | |
| 毒瘤 毒瘤 | malignant tumor | |
| 开挖 開挖 | to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out; to start digging | |
| 乳汁 乳汁 | milk | |
| 疮痍 瘡痍 | wound; skin ulcer; (fig.) the desolation of trauma; desolation in the aftermath of a disaster | |
| 衰败 衰敗 | to decline; to wane; to decay; to deteriorate | |
| 杂草 雜草 | weeds | |
| 农作 農作 | farming; crops | |
| 嗤之以鼻 嗤之以鼻 | to snort disdainfully; to scoff at; to turn up one's nose | |
| 高薪 高薪 | high salary | |
| 稻米 稻米 | rice (crop) | |
| 入不敷出 入不敷出 | income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet | |
| 产销 產銷 | production and sales; production and marketing | |
| 入股 入股 | to invest | |
| 闭上 閉上 | to close; to shut up | |
| 高科技 高科技 | high tech; high technology | |
| 沿海 沿海 | coastal | |
| 赶不上 趕不上 | can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 盛行 盛行 | to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent | |
| 更是 更是 | even more (so) | |
| 工商 工商 | industry and commerce | |
| 楼房 樓房 | a building of two or more stories | |
| 畅通 暢通 | unimpeded; free-flowing; straight path; unclogged; move without obstruction | |
| 景点 景點 | tourist attraction; scenic spot | |
| 山坡 山坡 | hillside | |
| 成品 成品 | finished goods; a finished product | |
| 看得见 看得見 | can see; visible | |
| 厂商 廠商 | manufacturer; producer | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 如一 如一 | consistent; the same; unvarying | |
| 淹没 淹沒 | to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) | |
| 观光 觀光 | to tour; sightseeing; tourism | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 储存 儲存 | stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 主流 主流 | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc) | |
| 坡 坡 | slope; sloping; slanted | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration |