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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源源不绝 源源不絕 yuán yuán bù jué a steady supply; an endless stream; in a continuous flow (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
池鱼之殃 池魚之殃 chí yú zhī yāng lit. calamity that befalls the fish in the moat (idiom); fig. innocent bystanders caught up in disaster; collateral damage Idiom ∼HSK 7
一片汪洋 一片汪洋 yī piàn wāng yáng a vast expanse of water; an endless flood (idiom); fig. a boundless watery scene Idiom ∼HSK 7
怨天怨地 怨天怨地 yuàn tiān yuàn dì to blame heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to complain about everything; to grumble endlessly at one's lot Idiom ∼HSK 7
月黑风高 月黑風高 yuè hēi fēng gāo lit. a moonless, windy night (idiom); fig. a dark night ideal for crime or mischief Idiom ∼HSK 7
予取予求 予取予求 yú qǔ yú qiú to take and demand at will (idiom); to exploit freely without restraint Idiom ∼HSK 7
川流不息 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow Idiom HSK 7
根深蒂固 根深蒂固 gēn shēn dì gù deep-rooted (problem etc) Idiom HSK 7
格格不入 格格不入 gé gé bù rù (idiom) inharmonious; incompatible Idiom HSK 7
霸道 霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent Xiehouyu HSK 7
渺小 渺小 miǎo xiǎo minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
耗 耗 hào to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally Colloquialism HSK 7
堆砌 堆砌 duī qì lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric HSK 7
碧绿 碧綠 bì lǜ dark green HSK 7
豪迈 豪邁 háo mài bold; open-minded; heroic HSK 7
耸立 聳立 sǒng lì to stand tall; to tower aloft HSK 7
陡峭 陡峭 dǒu qiào precipitous HSK 7
山川 山川 shān chuān mountains and rivers; landscape HSK 7
订立 訂立 dìng lì to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc) HSK 7
富足 富足 fù zú rich; plentiful HSK 7
浩劫 浩劫 hào jié calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse HSK 7
每逢 每逢 měi féng every time; on each occasion; whenever HSK 7
就近 就近 jiù jìn nearby; in a close neighborhood HSK 7
沉淀 沉澱 chén diàn to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation HSK 7
公顷 公頃 gōng qǐng hectare HSK 7
养殖 養殖 yǎng zhí to cultivate; cultivation; to further; to encourage HSK 7
饱和 飽和 bǎo hé saturated; filled to capacity HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7
早年 早年 zǎo nián many years ago; in the past; in one's early years HSK 7
港湾 港灣 gǎng wān bay serving as a harbor HSK 7
幸免 倖免 xìng miǎn to avoid (an unpleasant fate) HSK 7
饱满 飽滿 bǎo mǎn full; plump HSK 7
效益 效益 xiào yì benefit; effectiveness; efficiency HSK 7
惊动 驚動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb HSK 7
各式各样 各式各樣 gè shì gè yàng (of) all kinds and sorts; various HSK 7
果园 果園 guǒ yuán orchard HSK 7
烟囱 煙囪 yān cōng chimney HSK 7
作物 作物 zuò wù crop HSK 7
堆积 堆積 duī jī to pile up; to heap; accumulation HSK 7
宣泄 宣洩 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself; to divulge; to leak a secret HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
清澈 清澈 qīng chè clear; limpid HSK 7
流向 流向 liú xiàng direction of a current; direction of flow; to flow toward HSK 7
耗费 耗費 hào fèi to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander HSK 7
子孙 子孫 zǐ sūn offspring; posterity HSK 7
深沉 深沉 shēn chén deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched HSK 7
凶猛 兇猛 xiōng měng fierce; violent; ferocious HSK 7
累积 累積 lěi jī to accumulate HSK 7
呵护 呵護 hē hù to bless; to cherish; to take good care of; to conserve HSK 7