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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| 人生 人生 | life (one's time on earth) | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 随 隨 | to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently | |
| 某 某 | some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such | |
| 造成 造成 | to bring about; to create; to cause | |
| 力量 力量 | power; force; strength | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 理解 理解 | to comprehend; to understand | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 至少 至少 | at least; (to say the) least | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 发展 發展 | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand | |
| 力 力 | power; force; strength; ability; strenuously | |
| 确实 確實 | indeed; really; reliable; real; true | |
| 记者 記者 | reporter; journalist | |
| 社会 社會 | society | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 意义 意義 | sense; meaning; significance; importance | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 设计 設計 | to design; to plan; design; plan | |
| 技术 技術 | technology; technique; skill | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 明显 明顯 | clear; distinct; obvious | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 台 檯 | desk; table; counter | |
| 按 按 | to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment | |
| 因此 因此 | thus; consequently; as a result | |
| 合作 合作 | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation | |
| 联系 聯繫 | connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 目标 目標 | target; goal; objective | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 保持 保持 | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 指 指 | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 现场 現場 | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 目前 目前 | at the present time; currently |