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

Vocabulary

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求人 求人 qiú rén to ask for help; to ask a favor; to recruit talented people ∼HSK 2
有希望 有希望 yǒu xī wàng hopeful; promising; prospective ∼HSK 2
国家队 國家隊 guó jiā duì national team ∼HSK 2
举国 舉國 jǔ guó the entire country ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
办好 辦好 bàn hǎo to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously ∼HSK 2
国际社会 國際社會 guó jì shè huì the international community ∼HSK 2
成真 成真 chéng zhēn to come true ∼HSK 2
带给 帶給 dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
选出 選出 xuǎn chū to pick out; to select; to elect ∼HSK 2
选中 選中 xuǎn zhòng to select; to choose; to decide on ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
术 術 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
头一 頭一 tóu yī the first ∼HSK 2
眼花 眼花 yǎn huā dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision ∼HSK 2
平平 平平 píng píng average; mediocre ∼HSK 2
开场白 開場白 kāi chǎng bái prologue of play; opening remarks; preamble (of speeches, articles etc) ∼HSK 2
中医 中醫 Zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine HSK 2
看得出 看得出 kàn de chū can see; can tell ∼HSK 2
近年来 近年來 jìn nián lái for the past few years ∼HSK 2
那会儿 那會兒 nà huì r at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r] HSK 2
排球 排球 pái qiú volleyball HSK 2
有点儿 有點兒 yǒu diǎn r slightly; a little; somewhat HSK 2
体育场 體育場 tǐ yù chǎng stadium HSK 2
班长 班長 bān zhǎng class monitor; squad leader; team leader HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
大自然 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
年级 年級 nián jí grade; year (in school, college etc) HSK 2
体育馆 體育館 tǐ yù guǎn gym; gymnasium; stadium HSK 2
画家 畫家 huà jiā painter HSK 2
英文 英文 Yīng wén English (language) HSK 2
月份 月份 yuè fèn month HSK 2
大海 大海 dà hǎi sea; ocean HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
拿到 拿到 ná dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
游客 遊客 yóu kè traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player HSK 2
座位 座位 zuò wèi seat HSK 2
西方 西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2
一部分 一部分 yī bù fen portion; part of; subset HSK 2
等到 等到 děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
特点 特點 tè diǎn characteristic (feature); trait; feature HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
计算机 計算機 jì suàn jī computer; (Tw) calculator HSK 2
少年 少年 shào nián early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man HSK 2
不一定 不一定 bù yī dìng not necessarily; maybe HSK 2