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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| 英国 英國 | United Kingdom (UK); Britain | Proper Noun |
| 苏联 蘇聯 | Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) | Proper Noun |
| 八月 八月 | August; eighth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 日中 日中 | Japan-China | Proper Noun |
| 好莱坞 好萊塢 | Hollywood; also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1] | Proper Noun |
| 毛泽东 毛澤東 | Mao Zedong (1893-1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935-1976 | Proper Noun |
| 朝鲜 朝鮮 | North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1] | Proper Noun |
| 美国人 美國人 | American; American person; American people | Proper Noun |
| 上海 上海 | Shanghai municipality | Proper Noun |
| 山水 山水 | Sansui, Japanese company | Proper Noun |
| 也门 也門 | Yemen | Proper Noun |
| 不丹 不丹 | Bhutan | Proper Noun |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 老挝 老撾 | Laos | Proper Noun |
| 多哥 多哥 | Togo | Proper Noun |
| 韩国 韓國 | South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States | Proper Noun |
| 新西兰 新西蘭 | New Zealand | Proper Noun |
| 中中 中中 | middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school") | Proper Noun |
| 男孩儿 男孩兒 | erhua variant of 男孩; boy | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 一点 一點 | 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 | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 说到 說到 | to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for | |
| 最多 最多 | at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 百年 百年 | hundred years; century; lifetime | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 今 今 | now, today, modern era | |
| 十三 十三 | thirteen; 13 | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 三次 三次 | third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 小女 小女 | my daughter (humble) | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as |