敬佩 jìngpèi - admire

企業家 qǐyèjiā - entrepreneur

張忠謀 Zhāng Zhōngmóu - Morris Chang (founder of TSMC)

工研院院長 Gōngyán Yuàn yuànzhǎng - Director-General of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

工研院 Gōngyán Yuàn - Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

哈佛大學 Hāfú Dàxué - Harvard University

就讀 jiùdú - study; attend (school)

截然不同 jié rán bùtóng - completely different

只要努力，就能出頭 zhǐyào nǔlì, jiù néng chūtóu - as long as you work hard, you can succeed

美國夢 Měiguó mèng - American Dream

觸手可及 chùshǒu kějí - within reach; attainable

麻省理工學院 Máshěng Lǐgōng Xuéyuàn - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

機械系 jīxiè xì - Mechanical Engineering Department

物理 wùlǐ - Physics

工程 gōngchéng - Engineering

以...聞名 yǐ... wénmíng - known for; famous for

理工 lǐgōng - Science and Engineering

台積電 Táijīdiàn - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)

半導體製造廠 bàndǎotǐ zhìzào chǎng - Semiconductor manufacturing company

半導體 bàndǎotǐ - Semiconductor

飛利浦公司 Fēilìpǔ Gōngsī - Philips (a Dutch multinational technology company)

一路堅持到底 yīlù jiānchí dàodǐ - persist all the way; keep going till the end

數一數二 shù yī shù èr - one of the top

經營理念 jīngyíng lǐniàn - management philosophy

密不可分 mì bù kěfēn - inseparable

代工策略 dàigōng cèlüè - foundry strategy (referring to TSMC's business model)

代工 dàigōng - foundry; contract manufacturing

製造商 zhìzào shāng - manufacturer

設備 shèbèi - equipment

技術 jìshù - technology

戰略 zhànlüè - strategy

大膽 dàdǎn - bold; daring

核心技術 héxīn jìshù - core technology

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