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北京奧運

bak1 ging1 ou3 wan6

bei3 jing1 ao4 yun4

the Beijing 2008 summer olympic games

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

北京奧運 / 北京奥运

This word was added by Steph_fr on 22nd Aug 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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北 bak1 bei3 - north
京 ging1 jing1 jing3 qiang2 yuan2 - capital city; great
奧 ou3 ou2 ngou3 juk1 yu4 ao4 - mysterious; obscure; Austria
運 wan6 yun4 - move; revolve; transport, ship

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