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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岛 島 dǎo island HSK 6
股 股 gǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions HSK 6
自我 自我 zì wǒ self-; ego (psychology) HSK 6
威胁 威脅 wēi xié to threaten; to menace HSK 6
逼 偪 bī variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
超 超 chāo to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
满载而归 滿載而歸 mǎn zài ér guī (idiom) to return from a rewarding journey Idiom ∼HSK 5
无声无息 無聲無息 wú shēng wú xī wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news Idiom ∼HSK 5
神明 神明 shén míng deities; gods Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
连根拔 連根拔 lián gēn bá to pull up by the roots; to uproot Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
豪雨 豪雨 háo yǔ violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon); cloudburst ∼HSK 5
耕作 耕作 gēng zuò farming ∼HSK 5
砂石 砂石 shā shí sandstone; sand and stone; aggregate ∼HSK 5
林木 林木 lín mù forest; forest tree ∼HSK 5
硬生生 硬生生 yìng shēng shēng stiff; rigid; inflexible; forcibly ∼HSK 5
海岸线 海岸線 hǎi àn xiàn coastline; seaboard; shoreline ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
青松 青松 qīng sōng pine tree ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
天灾 天災 tiān zāi natural disaster ∼HSK 5
农地 農地 nóng dì farmland ∼HSK 5
碧 碧 bì jade green ∼HSK 5
砂 砂 shā sand; pebbles, gravel; gritty ∼HSK 5
滩 灘 tān bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids ∼HSK 5
上岸 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) ∼HSK 5
益 益 Yì profit, benefit; advantage ∼HSK 5
夹带 夾帶 jiā dài to carry within it; to be mixed in; to slip sth in; to intersperse; (hydrology etc) to entrain; to smuggle; notes smuggled into an exam ∼HSK 5
农人 農人 nóng rén farmer ∼HSK 5
报偿 報償 bào cháng to repay; to recompense ∼HSK 5
滔 滔 tāo overflow; rushing water, a torrent ∼HSK 5
沁 沁 qìn soak into, seep in, percolate ∼HSK 5
衣食 衣食 yī shí clothes and food ∼HSK 5
男女老幼 男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old; everybody ∼HSK 5
农工 農工 nóng gōng agricultural worker; abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人; peasant and worker (in Marxism) ∼HSK 5
打拼 打拼 dǎ pīn to work hard; to try to make a living ∼HSK 5
挡风玻璃 擋風玻璃 dǎng fēng bō li windshield; wind screen ∼HSK 5
创下 創下 chuàng xià to establish; to set (a new record) ∼HSK 5
成灾 成災 chéng zāi disastrous; to turn into a disaster ∼HSK 5
滑动 滑動 huá dòng to slide; sliding movement ∼HSK 5
土石流 土石流 tǔ shí liú (Tw) debris flow; mudslide ∼HSK 5
声息 聲息 shēng xī sound (often with negative, not a sound); whisper ∼HSK 5
岸边 岸邊 àn biān shore ∼HSK 5
货柜 貨櫃 huò guì counter for the display of goods; (Tw) container (for freight transport) ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
殆尽 殆盡 dài jìn almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left ∼HSK 5
河谷 河谷 hé gǔ river valley ∼HSK 5
闯进 闖進 chuǎng jìn to burst in ∼HSK 5