Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony 2008

2008年第29届北京奥运会开幕式 008 nián dì 9 jiè běijīng aòyùnhuì kāimùshì

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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5.14 Advanced Director Zhang Yimou IMDb 8.2

Cast

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao Self Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger Self Barbara Bush Barbara Bush Self George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush Self George W. Bush George W. Bush Self Laura Bush Laura Bush Self Shimon Peres Shimon Peres Self Anne, Princess Royal Anne, Princess Royal Self Lee Myung-bak Lee Myung-bak Self Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin Self

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之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
突出 突出 tū chū prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project Xiehouyu HSK 3
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
布什 布什 Bù shí Bush (name); George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992; George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
洛杉矶 洛杉磯 Luò shān jī Los Angeles, California Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
莫斯科 莫斯科 Mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
天安门广场 天安門廣場 Tiān ān mén Guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
乔治 喬治 Qiáo zhì George (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
中美 中美 Zhōng Měi China-USA Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
地球村 地球村 dì qiú cūn global village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
巴基斯坦 巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn Pakistan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
古巴 古巴 Gǔ bā Cuba Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
印度尼西亚 印度尼西亞 Yìn dù ní xī yà Indonesia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒙古 蒙古 Měng gǔ Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期五 星期五 Xīng qī wǔ Friday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
萨科齐 薩科齊 Sà kē qí Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
新城区 新城區 Xīn chéng Qū Xincheng District of Xi'an, Shaanxi; Xincheng District of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马耳他 馬耳他 Mǎ ěr tā Malta Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马里 馬里 Mǎ lǐ Mali Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
丹麦 丹麥 Dān mài Denmark Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
匈牙利 匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì Hungary Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
汤加 湯加 Tāng jiā Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
南非 南非 Nán fēi South Africa; Southern Africa Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
柬埔寨 柬埔寨 Jiǎn pǔ zhài Cambodia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
葡萄牙 葡萄牙 Pú táo yá Portugal Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
瑞士 瑞士 Ruì shì Switzerland Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
瑞典 瑞典 Ruì diǎn Sweden Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
和美 和美 Hé měi Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
汉城 漢城 Hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
贾 賈 Jiǎ surname; merchant; buy, trade ∼HSK 3
舒 舒 Shū open up, unfold, stretch out; comfortable, easy ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
代表队 代表隊 dài biǎo duì delegation ∼HSK 3
五环 五環 wǔ huán five rings; pentacyclic (chemistry) ∼HSK 3
升起 升起 shēng qǐ to raise; to hoist; to rise ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
群岛 群島 qún dǎo group of islands; archipelago ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
姆 姆 m used in ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3
连线 連線 lián xiàn electrical lead; connecting line; (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection; (congressional) caucus ∼HSK 3
史上 史上 shǐ shàng in history ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
实时 實時 shí shí (in) real time; instantaneous ∼HSK 3