2008-2010年联合国伊拉克援助战略 2008-2010年聯合國伊拉克援助戰略 United Nations Iraq Assistance Strategy 2008-2010 / United Nations Assistance Strategy 2008-2010 2008-2010年联合国援助战略 2008-2010年聯合國援助戰略 United Nations Iraq Assistance Strategy 2008-2010 / United Nations Assistance Strategy 2008-2010 2008年萨拉戈萨博览会 2008年薩拉戈薩博覽會 Expo Zaragoza 2008 包机商 bāo jī shāng air charter vendor / air charter company / charter company 包机公司 bāo jī gōng sī air charter vendor / air charter company / charter company 萨拉戈萨 薩拉戈薩 sà lā gē sà Zaragoza, Spain 刘晓波 劉曉波 liú xiǎo bō Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 零八宪章 零八憲章 líng bā xiàn zhāng Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008 非洲人权和人民权利宪章 非洲人權和人民權利憲章 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Banjul Charter 关于全球化世界中健康促进的曼谷宪章 關於全球化世界中健康促進的曼谷憲章 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World / Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion 曼谷健康促进宪章 曼谷健康促進憲章 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World / Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion 美洲国家组织宪章 美洲國家組織憲章 měi zhōu guó jiā zǔ zhī xiàn zhāng Charter of the Organization of American States / Bogota Charter 波哥大宪章 波哥大憲章 bō gē dài xiàn zhāng Charter of the Organization of American States / Bogota Charter 热带森林土着和部落人民宪章 熱帶森林土著和部落人民憲章 Charter of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests / Charter of Forest Peoples 森林人民宪章 森林人民憲章 sēn lín rén mín xiàn zhāng Charter of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests / Charter of Forest Peoples 东南亚国家联盟宪章 東南亞國家聯盟憲章 dōng nán yà guó jiā lián méng xiàn zhāng Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations / ASEAN Charter 东盟宪章 東盟憲章 dōng méng xiàn zhāng Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations / ASEAN Charter 联合国宪章和国际法院规约 聯合國憲章和國際法院規約 Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice / Charter of the United Nations 加勒比共同体民间社会宪章 加勒比共同體民間社會憲章 Charter of Civil Society for the Caribbean Community / Charter of Civil Society 民间社会宪章 民間社會憲章 Charter of Civil Society for the Caribbean Community / Charter of Civil Society 纽伦堡国际军事法庭宪章 紐倫堡國際軍事法庭憲章 Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg / Nuremberg Charter 尼科西亚宪章 尼科西亞憲章 Charter on Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation concerning the Environment in the Mediterranean Basin / Nicosia Charter 布什 bù shí Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008 陈水扁 陳水扁 chén shuǐ biǎn Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008 性福 xìng fú (neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福[xing4 fu2]) satisfied with one's sex life 马英九 馬英九 mǎ yīng jiǔ Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016 福娃 fú wá Fuwa (official 2008 Olympic mascots) 咚咚 dōng dong Dongdong, cheerleading mascot of 2008 Beijing Olympics syn 北京奥运 北京奧運 běi jīng ào yùn the Beijing 2008 Olympic games 国家环保总局 國家環保總局 guó jiā huán bǎo zǒng jú (PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[Huan2 jing4 Bao3 hu4 bu4] 曾庆红 曾慶紅 zēng qìng hóng Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008 切尼 qiē ní Cheney (name) / Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008 卡斯特罗 卡斯特羅 kǎ sī tè luó Castro (name) / Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008 鸟巢 鳥巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium syn 戊子 wù zǐ twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 肖扬 肖揚 xiāo yáng Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008 凤凰古城 鳳凰古城 fèng huáng gǔ chéng Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category 苏哈托 蘇哈托 sū hā tuō Suharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 1967-1998 魏巍 wèi wēi Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方|东方[Dong1fang1] about the Korean war 六环路 六環路 liù huán lù Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008 水立方 shuǐ lì fāng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 苏莱曼 蘇萊曼 sū lái màn Suleiman (name) / General Michel Suleiman (1948-), Lebanese military man and politician, president of Lebanon 2008-2014 毒奶粉 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 阿拉塔斯 ā lā tǎ sī surname Alatas / Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999) 卢武铉 盧武鉉 lú wǔ xuàn Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008 穆沙拉夫 mù shā lā fū Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008 孙继海 孫繼海 sūn jì hǎi Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008) 三鹿集团 三鹿集團 sān lù jí tuán Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal 北京国家游泳中心 北京國家游泳中心 běi jīng guó jiā yóu yǒng zhōng xīn Beijing National Aquatics Center, swimming venue of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 吉拉尼 jí lā ní Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani (1952-), Pakistan People's Party politician, prime minister 2008-2012 同一个世界，同一个梦想 同一個世界，同一個夢想 tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games 四川大地震 sì chuān dà dì zhèn Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) 子鼠 zǐ shǔ Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) 小池·百合子 XiaochiBaihezi KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008 川震 chuān zhèn Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people / same as 四川大地震[Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4] 希斯·莱杰 希斯·萊傑 XisiLaijie Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979-2008) 扎尔达里 扎爾達里 zā ěr dá lǐ Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008-2013 李明博 lǐ míng bó Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013 梅德韦杰夫 梅德韋傑夫 méi dé wéi jié fū Medvedyev (name) / Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, president of Russian Federation from 2008 毒奶 dú nǎi poisoned milk / contaminated milk / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk products adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 汶川地震 wèn chuān dì zhèn Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) 汶川大地震 wèn chuān dà dì zhèn Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) 滨田·靖一 濱田·靖一 BintianJingyi HAMADA Yasukazu (1955-), Japanese defense minister from 2008 科什图尼察 科什圖尼察 kē shí tú ní chá surname Kostunica / Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, last president of Yugoslavia 2000-2003, prime minister of Serbia 2004-2008 索尔仁尼琴 索爾仁尼琴 suǒ ěr rén ní qín Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago 老山自行车馆 老山自行車館 lǎo shān zì xíng chē guǎn Laoshan Velodrome, a Beijing 2008 Olympics venue 萧万长 蕭萬長 xiāo wàn cháng Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012 贝卢斯科尼 貝盧斯科尼 bèi lú sī kē ní Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011 赖昌星 賴昌星 lài chāng xīng Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008 钱永健 錢永健 qián yǒng jiàn Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate 阿赫蒂萨里 阿赫蒂薩里 ā hè dì sà lǐ Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate 陈云林 陳雲林 chén yún lín Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4] (2008-2013) 韩升洙 韓昇洙 hán shēng zhū Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009 麻生 má shēng Asō (name) / ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 2008-2009 麻生·太郎 ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008 鼠年 shǔ nián Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) 麻生太郎 má shēng tài láng ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008 小池百合子 xiǎo chí bǎi hé zi KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008 福田康夫 fú tián kāng fū FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008 逆袭 逆襲 nì xí to counterattack / to strike back / (neologism c. 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive / to make an improbable comeback 2008年艾滋病问题高级别会议 2008年艾滋病問題高級別會議 2008 high-level meeting on AIDS 2008年国际旅游统计建议 2008年國際旅游統計建議 2008nian2 guó jì lǚ yóu tǒng jì jiàn yì International Recommendations on Tourism Statistics 2008 2008年千年发展目标疟疾峰会 2008年千年發展目標瘧疾峰會 2008 Millennium Development Goals Malaria Summit 2008年特遣队所属装备工作组 2008年特遣隊所屬裝備工作組 2008 Working Group on Contingent-owned Equipment 小池・百合子 xiǎo chí · bǎi hé zi KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008 希斯・莱杰 希斯・萊傑 xī sī · lái jié Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979-2008) 滨田・靖一 濱田・靖一 bīn tián · jìng yī HAMADA Yasukazu (1955-), Japanese defense minister from 2008 麻生・太郎 má shēng · tài láng ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008 滨田靖一 濱田靖一 bīn tián jìng yī HAMADA Yasukazu (1955-), Japanese defense minister from 2008 希斯·莱杰 希斯·萊傑 xī sī · lái jié Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979-2008) 陆客 陸客 lù kè (Tw) (neologism c. 2008) mainland Chinese tourist 华国锋 華國鋒 huà guó fēng Hua Guofeng (1921-2008), CCP Chairman 1976-1981 闹太套 鬧太套 nào tài tào (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明[Huang2 Xiao3 ming2], who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad / to be a laughing stock / to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话[nao4 xiao4 hua5]) 韩昇洙 韓昇洙 hán shēng zhū Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009 章程 zhāng chéng rules / regulations / constitution / statute / articles of association (of company) / articles of incorporation / charter (of a corporation) / by-laws syn 包机 包機 bāo jī chartered plane / to charter a plane 宪章 憲章 xiàn zhāng charter syn 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 租船 zū chuán to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent 