Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony 2008
2008年第29届北京奥运会开幕式
The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 p.m. China Standard Time (UTC+8) on August 8, 2008, as 8 is considered to be a lucky number in Chinese culture. Featuring more than 15,000 performers, the ceremony lasted over four hours and cost over $100 million USD to produce.
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| 惊人 驚人 | astonishing | |
| 富有 富有 | rich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with | |
| 信仰 信仰 | to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction | |
| 参赛 參賽 | to compete; to take part in a competition | |
| 和谐 和諧 | harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor | |
| 隐藏 隱藏 | to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting) | |
| 笑容 笑容 | smile; smiling expression | |
| 当天 當天 | on that day | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 屏幕 屏幕 | screen (TV, computer or movie) | |
| 核心 核心 | core; nucleus | |
| 夺 奪 | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 宗教 宗教 | religion | |
| 智慧 智慧 | wisdom; knowledge; intelligent; intelligence | |
| 大师 大師 | great master; master | |
| 创意 創意 | creative; creativity | |
| 气氛 氣氛 | atmosphere; mood | |
| 愤怒 憤怒 | angry; indignant; wrath; ire | |
| 主持人 主持人 | TV or radio presenter; host; anchor | |
| 平衡 平衡 | balance; equilibrium | |
| 骄傲 驕傲 | pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth | |
| 贡献 貢獻 | to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 全新 全新 | all new; completely new | |
| 激情 激情 | passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion | |
| 公主 公主 | princess | |
| 为此 為此 | for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end | |
| 因素 因素 | element; factor | |
| 舞蹈 舞蹈 | dance (performance art); dancing | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 足 足 | excessive | |
| 侧 側 | the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side | |
| 要么 要麼 | or; either one or the other | |
| 球员 球員 | (ball sports) player; team member | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 能否 能否 | whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible? | |
| 仪式 儀式 | ceremony | |
| 政策 政策 | policy | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 惊喜 驚喜 | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 时期 時期 | period; phase | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 滴 滴 | a drop; to drip | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 州 州 | prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes |