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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| 座 座 | seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects | |
| 感谢 感謝 | (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks | |
| 克 克 | variant of 克; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 交 交 | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 | |
| 家庭 家庭 | family; household | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce | |
| 卡 卡 | to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 里); cassette | Colloquialism |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 米 米 | rice; meter (classifier) | |
| 中心 中心 | center; heart; core | |
| 段 段 | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc | |
| 来自 來自 | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) | |
| 使用 使用 | to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of | |
| 快乐 快樂 | happy; joyful | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 靠 靠 | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) | |
| 信息 信息 | information; news; message | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 活动 活動 | to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 也许 也許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 方面 方面 | respect; aspect; field; side | |
| 永远 永遠 | forever; eternal | |
| 影响 影響 | influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb | |
| 选 選 | to choose; to pick; to select; to elect | |
| 方法 方法 | method; way; means | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 同时 同時 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 片 片 | disk; sheet | |
| 万 万 | used in 俟 | |
| 离开 離開 | to depart; to leave | |
| 讲 講 | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 改变 改變 | to change; to alter; to transform | |
| 真正 真正 | genuine; real; true; really; indeed | |
| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 部分 部分 | part; share; section; piece | |
| 努力 努力 | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious | |
| 当时 當時 | then; at that time; while | |
| 变 變 | to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion | |
| 完成 完成 | to complete; to accomplish | |
| 能够 能夠 | to be capable of; to be able to; can | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 人们 人們 | people |