Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above 2013
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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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| 源源不绝 源源不絕 | 源: spring; source, head; surname · 源: spring; source, head; surname · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 绝: to cut, sever, break off, terminate | Idiom |
| 池鱼之殃 池魚之殃 | 池: pool, pond; moat; cistern · 鱼: fish; surname; KangXi radical 195 · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 殃: misfortune, disaster, calamity | Idiom |
| 一片汪洋 一片汪洋 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 片: slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91 · 汪: vast, extensive, deep; surname · 洋: ocean, sea; foreign; western | Idiom |
| 怨天怨地 怨天怨地 | 怨: hatred, enmity, resentment · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 怨: hatred, enmity, resentment · 地: earth; soil, ground; region | Idiom |
| 月黑风高 月黑風高 | 月: moon; month; KangXi radical 74 · 黑: black; dark; evil, sinister · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 高: high, tall; lofty, elevated | Idiom |
| 予取予求 予取予求 | 予: I, me; to give · 取: take, receive, obtain; select · 予: I, me; to give · 求: seek; demand, request; beseech | Idiom |
| 川流不息 川流不息 | the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow | Idiom |
| 根深蒂固 根深蒂固 | deep-rooted (problem etc) | Idiom |
| 格格不入 格格不入 | (idiom) inharmonious; incompatible | Idiom |
| 霸道 霸道 | 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 |
| 渺小 渺小 | minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 耗 耗 | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally | Colloquialism |
| 堆砌 堆砌 | lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric | |
| 碧绿 碧綠 | dark green | |
| 豪迈 豪邁 | bold; open-minded; heroic | |
| 耸立 聳立 | to stand tall; to tower aloft | |
| 陡峭 陡峭 | precipitous | |
| 山川 山川 | mountains and rivers; landscape | |
| 订立 訂立 | to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc) | |
| 富足 富足 | rich; plentiful | |
| 浩劫 浩劫 | calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse | |
| 每逢 每逢 | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 就近 就近 | nearby; in a close neighborhood | |
| 沉淀 沉澱 | to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation | |
| 公顷 公頃 | hectare | |
| 养殖 養殖 | to cultivate; cultivation; to further; to encourage | |
| 饱和 飽和 | saturated; filled to capacity | |
| 世代 世代 | for many generations; generation; era; age | |
| 早年 早年 | many years ago; in the past; in one's early years | |
| 港湾 港灣 | bay serving as a harbor | |
| 幸免 倖免 | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) | |
| 饱满 飽滿 | full; plump | |
| 效益 效益 | benefit; effectiveness; efficiency | |
| 惊动 驚動 | to alarm; to startle; to disturb | |
| 各式各样 各式各樣 | (of) all kinds and sorts; various | |
| 果园 果園 | orchard | |
| 烟囱 煙囪 | chimney | |
| 作物 作物 | crop | |
| 堆积 堆積 | to pile up; to heap; accumulation | |
| 宣泄 宣洩 | to drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself; to divulge; to leak a secret | |
| 与其 與其 | rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) | |
| 清澈 清澈 | clear; limpid | |
| 流向 流向 | direction of a current; direction of flow; to flow toward | |
| 耗费 耗費 | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander | |
| 子孙 子孫 | offspring; posterity | |
| 深沉 深沉 | deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched | |
| 凶猛 兇猛 | fierce; violent; ferocious | |
| 累积 累積 | to accumulate | |
| 呵护 呵護 | to bless; to cherish; to take good care of; to conserve |