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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| 岗 崗 | post; position | |
| 民宿 民宿 | (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension | |
| 坠落 墜落 | to fall; to drop | |
| 淤 淤 | mud, sediment; clog up, silt up | |
| 甘 甘 | sweetness; sweet, tasty | |
| 霖 霖 | long spell of rain, copious rain | |
| 总产值 總產值 | gross product; total output | |
| 三分之一 三分之一 | one third | |
| 负荷 負荷 | load; burden; charge | |
| 公分 公分 | centimeter (cm); gram (g) | |
| 沦陷 淪陷 | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge | |
| 陆上 陸上 | land-based; on land | |
| 长眠 長眠 | (euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place) | |
| 侵蚀 侵蝕 | to erode; to corrode | |
| 礁 礁 | reef; jetty; submerged rocks | |
| 嘲讽 嘲諷 | to sneer at; to ridicule; to taunt | |
| 阻隔 阻隔 | to separate; to cut off | |
| 阻 阻 | impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose | |
| 纯净 純淨 | pure; clean; unmixed | |
| 环境污染 環境污染 | environmental pollution | |
| 施肥 施肥 | to spread manure; to apply fertilizer | |
| 投注 投注 | to throw one's energies (into an activity); to invest one's emotions (in sth); to bet; betting | |
| 矽 矽 | silicon | |
| 膛 膛 | chest; hollow space, cavity | |
| 剖 剖 | split in two, slice; dissect | |
| 业者 業者 | dealer; trader; person or company engaged in some industry or trade | |
| 幻 幻 | illusion, fantasy, mirage | |
| 标的 標的 | target; aim; objective; what one hopes to gain | |
| 燃煤 燃煤 | coal fuel | |
| 全世界第一 全世界第一 | world's first | |
| 矗立 矗立 | to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building) | |
| 周遭 周遭 | surrounding; nearby | |
| 坚忍 堅忍 | persevering; tenacious | |
| 无怨无悔 無怨無悔 | no complaints; to have no regrets | |
| 挤出 擠出 | to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out | |
| 极致 極致 | peak; pinnacle; ultimate | |
| 日益增加 日益增加 | to increase daily | |
| 劳力 勞力 | labor; able-bodied worker; laborer; work force | |
| 无毒 無毒 | harmless; innocuous; lit. not poisonous | |
| 虫害 蟲害 | insect pest; damage from insects | |
| 灾害 災害 | calamity; disaster | |
| 地形 地形 | topography; terrain; landform | |
| 雨水 雨水 | Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 19th February-5th March | |
| 勤奋 勤奮 | hardworking; diligent | |
| 平原 平原 | field; plain | |
| 山区 山區 | mountain area | |
| 水库 水庫 | reservoir | |
| 课题 課題 | task; problem; issue | |
| 污水 污水 | sewage | |
| 台风 臺風 | stage presence, poise |