梅雨季 méi yǔ jì - plum rain season; East Asian rainy season

冷空氣 lěng kōng qì - cold air mass

暖空氣 nuǎn kōng qì - warm air mass

交會 jiāo huì - to meet; to converge

形成 xíng chéng - to form; to develop

滯留鋒 zhì liú fēng - stationary front (a weather front that doesn't move much)

卡在上空 kǎ zài shàng kōng - stuck overhead (of weather systems)

毛毛雨 máo máo yǔ - drizzle

強降雨 qiáng jiàng yǔ - heavy rainfall

典型 diǎn xíng - typical; representative

華中地區 huá zhōng dì qū - Central China region

梅子 méi zi - plum

成熟 chéng shóu - to ripen; mature

熱帶 rè dài - tropical zone

晴朗 qíng lǎng - sunny and clear

輪流 lún liú - to take turns; alternately

天氣預報 tiān qì yù bào - weather forecast

悶熱 mēn rè - hot and stuffy

防曬用品 fáng shài yòng pǐn - sun protection products

防雨用品 fáng yǔ yòng pǐn - rain protection items

環島 huán dǎo - to travel around an island (especially Taiwan)

滑 huá - slippery

視線 shì xiàn - visibility; line of sight

減速慢行 jiǎn sù màn xíng - slow down (used in driving or riding)

積水 jī shuǐ - water accumulation; flooding

路段 lù duàn - section of the road

硬闖 yìng chuǎng - to force one’s way through

漏水 lòu shuǐ - water leakage

把門窗關緊 bǎ mén chuāng guān jǐn - to close doors and windows tightly

排水溝 pái shuǐ gōu - drainage ditch

清乾淨 qīng gān jìng - to clean thoroughly

排水口 pái shuǐ kǒu - drainage outlet

排水通暢 pái shuǐ tōng chàng - smooth drainage

牆壁 qiáng bì - wall

滲水 shèn shuǐ - water seepage

鋪 pū - to lay out; to spread

抹布 mǒ bù - cleaning cloth; rag

之類的 zhī lèi de - things like that; and so on

地下室 dì xià shì - basement

低窪 dī wā - low-lying (area)

抽水馬達 chōu shuǐ mǎ dá - water pump

豪雨或雷雨警報 háo yǔ huò léi yǔ jǐng bào - heavy rain or thunderstorm alert

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課徵 kè zhēng - to levy (a tax)

對等關稅 duì děng guān shuì - reciprocal tariff

舉例來說 jǔ lì lái shuō - for example

公平競爭 gōng píng jìng zhēng - fair competition

某個 mǒu ge - a certain; some

製造業回流美國 zhì zào yè huí liú měi guó - manufacturing returning to the U.S.

投下了一顆震撼彈 tóu xià le yì kē zhèn hàn dàn - to drop a bombshell (figuratively)

宣布 xuān bù - to announce

高達 gāo dá - to reach as high as (number or percentage)

遠遠超過大家原本的預期 yuǎn yuǎn chāo guò dà jiā yuán běn de yù qī - far exceeded everyone’s original expectations

伺服器 sì fú qì - server

網路通訊設備 wǎng lù tōng xùn shè bèi - network communication equipment

名單 míng dān - list

直接受到衝擊 zhí jiē shòu dào chōng jí - directly impacted

半導體 bàn dǎo tǐ - semiconductor

供應鏈 gōng yìng liàn - supply chain

間接 jiàn jiē - indirect; indirectly

組裝端 zǔ zhuāng duān - assembly end (of production)

生產成本上升 shēng chǎn chéng běn shàng shēng - rising production costs

毛利被壓縮 máo lì bèi yā suō - gross profit is compressed

波及整體科技景氣的周期 bō jí zhěng tǐ kē jì jǐng qì de zhōu qī - affect the entire tech industry’s business cycle

出口主力 chū kǒu zhǔ lì - main force of exports

成本轉嫁給客戶 chéng běn zhuǎn jià gěi kè hù - to pass costs on to customers

獲利 huò lì - profit

全球經濟局勢 quán qiú jīng jì jú shì - global economic situation

出口導向 chū kǒu dǎo xiàng - export-oriented

掉以輕心 diào yǐ qīng xīn - to take lightly; to lower one’s guard

轉型 zhuǎn xíng - to transform; transformation

分散風險 fēn sàn fēng xiǎn - to diversify risk

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墾丁 kěn dīng - Kenting (a popular tourist destination in Taiwan)

陽光 yáng guāng - sunlight; sunshine

沙灘 shā tān - beach

水上活動 shuǐ shàng huó dòng - water activities

潛水 qián shuǐ - diving

自由潛水 zì yóu qián shuǐ - free diving

水肺潛水 shuǐ fèi qián shuǐ - scuba diving

深入 shēn rù - to dive deep; to explore in depth

探索 tàn suǒ - to explore

海底世界 hǎi dǐ shì jiè - underwater world

浮淺 fú qiǎn - snorkeling

珊瑚礁 shān hú jiāo - coral reef

熱帶魚 rè dài yú - tropical fish

衝浪 chōng làng - surfing

佳樂水 jiā lè shuǐ - Jialeshui (a surf spot in Kenting)

SUP立槳 SUP lì jiǎng - Stand-Up Paddleboarding

划船 huá chuán - to row a boat

觀察 guān chá - to observe

魚群 yú qún - school of fish

香蕉船 xiāng jiāo chuán - banana boat

水上摩托車 shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē - jet ski

搖滾飛艇 yáo gǔn fēi tǐng - rocketing flying boat (a water sport activity)

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