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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Vocabulary
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| 成绩 成績 | achievement; performance records; grades | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 大部分 大部分 | in large part; the greater part; the majority | |
| 信号 信號 | signal | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 提高 提高 | to raise; to increase; to improve | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 味道 味道 | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor | |
| 篇 篇 | sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article | |
| 数字 數字 | numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc) | |
| 态度 態度 | manner; bearing; attitude; approach | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 取得 取得 | to acquire; to get; to obtain | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 顺利 順利 | smoothly; without a hitch | |
| 明星 明星 | star; celebrity | |
| 举行 舉行 | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 普通 普通 | common; ordinary; general; average | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 周末 週末 | weekend | |
| 国际 國際 | international | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 全国 全國 | whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 关心 關心 | to be concerned about; to care about | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 方向 方向 | direction; orientation | |
| 正是 正是 | is precisely | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 实现 實現 | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about | |
| 运动 運動 | to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign |