台東 tái dōng - Taitung (a city in Taiwan)

震驚 zhèn jīng - shocked, astonished

鄉 xiāng - township

金峰鄉 jīn fēng xiāng - Jinfeng Township (a township in Taitung)

部落 bù luò - tribe, village (especially indigenous)

集體食物中毒 jí tǐ shí wù zhòng dú - mass food poisoning

中毒 zhòng dú - poisoned

上吐下瀉 shàng tù xià xiè - vomiting and diarrhea

死亡 sǐ wáng - death

一起 yì qǐ - a case, an incident

疑似 yí sì - suspected

阿嬤 ā mā - grandmother (Taiwanese dialect)

小米粽 xiǎo mǐ zòng - millet dumpling (a traditional indigenous food in Taiwan)

粽子 zòng zi - rice dumpling

蝸牛 guā niú - snail

竹筍 zhú sǔn - bamboo shoots

悲劇 bēi jù - tragedy

身體不適 shēn tǐ bú shì - feeling unwell

搶救 qiǎng jiù - rescue, emergency treatment

不幸 bú xìng - unfortunately

去世 qù shì - passed away

年老 nián lǎo - old age

守靈 shǒu líng - vigil for the deceased

抽蓄 chōu chù - convulsion

嘔吐 ǒu tù - vomiting

症狀 zhèng zhuàng - symptoms

失去 shī qù - lose

呼吸 hū xī - breath

心跳 xīn tiào - heartbeat

送醫 sòng yī - sent to the hospital

危機 wéi jī - crisis

全力搶救 quán lì qiǎng jiù - full effort to rescue

撿 jiǎn - to pick up

患者 huàn zhě - patient

口鼻 kǒu bí - mouth and nose

分泌物 fēn mì wù - secretion

推測 tuī cè - to speculate

農藥 nóng yào - pesticide

葉子 yè zi - leaf

調查 diào chá - investigation

劇毒 jù dú - deadly poison

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