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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| 将近 將近 | almost; nearly; close to | |
| 握手 握手 | to shake hands | |
| 办理 辦理 | to handle; to transact; to conduct | |
| 古代 古代 | ancient times | |
| 共有 共有 | to have altogether; in all | |
| 全场 全場 | everyone present; the whole audience; across-the-board; unanimously; whole duration (of a competition or match) | |
| 金牌 金牌 | gold medal | |
| 应用 應用 | to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app | |
| 推动 推動 | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to | |
| 外交 外交 | diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs | |
| 光明 光明 | light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted | |
| 排名 排名 | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking | |
| 另一方面 另一方面 | on the other hand; another aspect | |
| 总结 總結 | to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé | |
| 反复 反覆 | repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return | |
| 观念 觀念 | notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions | |
| 整整 整整 | whole; full | |
| 首都 首都 | capital (city) | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 环保 環保 | environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护 | |
| 难度 難度 | degree of difficulty | |
| 建设 建設 | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute | |
| 迎接 迎接 | to welcome; to greet | |
| 整体 整體 | whole entity; entire body; synthesis; as a whole (situation, construction, team etc); global; macrocosm; integral; holistic; whole | |
| 特色 特色 | characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality | |
| 体现 體現 | to embody; to reflect; to incarnate | |
| 克服 克服 | (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure | |
| 往往 往往 | usually; in many cases; more often than not | |
| 相似 相似 | similar; alike | |
| 热烈 熱烈 | enthusiastic; ardent; warm | |
| 播放 播放 | to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV) | |
| 发明 發明 | to invent; an invention | |
| 电视台 電視臺 | television station | |
| 演唱 演唱 | sung performance; to sing for an audience | |
| 强调 強調 | to emphasize (a statement); to stress | |
| 夏 夏 | summer | |
| 集体 集體 | collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group | |
| 好奇 好奇 | inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity | |
| 属 屬 | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute | |
| 民族 民族 | nationality; ethnic group | |
| 游泳 游泳 | swimming; to swim | |
| 纪录 紀錄 | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
| 欢乐 歡樂 | gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay | |
| 观看 觀看 | to watch; to view | |
| 增长 增長 | to grow; to increase | |
| 创作 創作 | to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation | |
| 概念 概念 | concept; idea | |
| 退休 退休 | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement | |
| 直播 直播 | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream; (agriculture) direct seeding | |
| 改造 改造 | to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold |