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 Self

Henry Kissinger Self

Barbara Bush Self

George H. W. Bush Self

George W. Bush Self

Laura Bush Self

Shimon Peres Self

Anne, Princess Royal Self

Lee Myung-bak Self

Jiang Zemin Self

Vocabulary

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大门大門 Dà mén	the Doors, US rock band	HSK 2
篮球籃球 lán qiú	basketball	HSK 2
重视重視 zhòng shì	to attach importance to sth; to value	HSK 2
好人好人 hǎo rén	good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle	HSK 2
对话對話 duì huà	to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation	HSK 2
亿億 yì	100 million	HSK 2
人数人數 rén shù	number of people	HSK 2
平安平安 píng ān	safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace	HSK 2
练习練習 liàn xí	to practice; exercise; drill; practice	HSK 2
以外以外 yǐ wài	apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond	HSK 2
接下来接下來 jiē xià lái	to accept; to take; next; following	HSK 2
懂得懂得 dǒng de	to understand; to know; to comprehend	HSK 2
碰到碰到 pèng dào	to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit	HSK 2
人口人口 rén kǒu	population; people	HSK 2
不久不久 bù jiǔ	not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after	HSK 2
流行流行 liú xíng	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable	HSK 2
组成組成 zǔ chéng	to form; to make up; to constitute	HSK 2
题題 tí	topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention	HSK 2
提到提到 tí dào	to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to	HSK 2
感动感動 gǎn dòng	to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving	HSK 2
理想理想 lǐ xiǎng	an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect	HSK 2
重复重複 chóng fù	to repeat; to duplicate	HSK 2
湖湖 hú	lake	HSK 2
草艸 cǎo	grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough	HSK 2
看法看法 kàn fǎ	way of looking at a thing; view; opinion	HSK 2
信心信心 xìn xīn	confidence; faith (in sb or sth)	HSK 2
绿色綠色 lǜ sè	green	HSK 2
角角 jiǎo	angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)	HSK 2
黑色黑色 hēi sè	black	HSK 2
体育體育 tǐ yù	sports; physical education	HSK 2
上周上周 shàng zhōu	last week	HSK 2
球队球隊 qiú duì	sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)	HSK 2
多久多久 duō jiǔ	(of time) how long?; (not) a long time	HSK 2
练練 liàn	to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk	HSK 2
收入收入 shōu rù	to take in; income; revenue	HSK 2
响響 xiǎng	echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises	HSK 2
的话的話 de huà	if (coming after a conditional clause)	HSK 2
热情熱情 rè qíng	cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately	HSK 2
红色紅色 hóng sè	red (color); revolutionary	HSK 2
随便隨便 suí biàn	as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton	HSK 2
讲话講話 jiǎng huà	a speech; to speak; to talk; to address	HSK 2
英语英語 Yīng yǔ	English (language)	HSK 2
差不多差不多 chà bu duō	almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad	HSK 2
爬爬 pá	to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up	HSK 2
心中心中 xīn zhōng	central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart	HSK 2
那时那時 nà shí	then; at that time; in those days	HSK 2
语言語言 yǔ yán	language	HSK 2
什么样什麼樣 shén me yàng	what kind?; what sort?	HSK 2
多么多麼 duō me	how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent	HSK 2
角度角度 jiǎo dù	angle; point of view	HSK 2