Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony 2008

200829 008 nián 9 jiè běijīng yùnhuì kāishì

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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Yīng guó United Kingdom (UK); Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
lián Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
yuè August; eighth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Zhōng Japan-China Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Hǎo lái Hollywood; also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Máo dōng Mao Zedong (1893-1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935-1976 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Cháo xiǎn North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Měi guó rén American; American person; American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Shān shuǐ Sansui, Japanese company Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
mén Yemen Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
dān Bhutan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tái wān variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Lǎo Laos Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Duō Togo Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
西 西 Xīn lán New Zealand Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
zhōng zhōng middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school") Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
nán hái r erhua variant of 男孩; boy HSK 1
yǒu xiē somewhat; rather; some HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
bìng not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
shuō dào to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for ∼HSK 1
zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
shí sān thirteen; 13 ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
sān third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
xiǎo my daughter (humble) ∼HSK 1
jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1