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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| 来到 來到 | to arrive; to come | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 女儿 女兒 | daughter | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 大学 大學 | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 学习 學習 | to learn; to study | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 中国 中國 | China | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 口 口 | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 先生 先生 | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late | |
| 昨天 昨天 | yesterday | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 电影 電影 | movie; film | |
| 间 間 | between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms | |
| 难 難 | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | |
| 少 少 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | |
| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 第二 第二 | second; number two; next; secondary | |
| 多少 多少 | number; amount; somewhat | |
| 谢谢 謝謝 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 球 毬 | ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match | |
| 晚上 晚上 | evening; night; in the evening | |
| 外 外 | outside; in addition; foreign; external | |
| 四 四 | four; 4 | |
| 回来 回來 | to return; to come back | |
| 身上 身上 | on the body; at hand; among |