{"id":16988,"date":"2022-02-17T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=16988"},"modified":"2022-02-14T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T20:18:47","slug":"the-beijing-winter-olympics-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-beijing-winter-olympics-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beijing Winter Olympics Mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16989\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16989\" class=\" wp-image-16989\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/panda-g-350x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/panda-g-350x241.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/panda-g.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by 995645 from Pixabay, CCO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After fourteen years the Olympic Games have returned to China. The 2022 Winter Olympic Games (\u51ac\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a d\u014dng j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec) are taking place this month in Beijing. Their panda mascot was already introduced to the world a couple of years ago:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bing Dwen Dwen \u2013 Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Mascot\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIKsPsG8t-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over 5,800 submissions for the design of the 2022 Winter Games mascot (\u5409\u7965\u7269 j\u00ed xi\u00e1ng w\u00f9) were handed from all around the world. Chinese and international experts chose one to be the Beijing 2022 mascot: the jubilant panda called \u51b0\u58a9\u58a9 (B\u012bng d\u016bn d\u016bn). \u51b0 (b\u012bng) means <em>ice<\/em>, and \u58a9\u58a9 (d\u016bn d\u016bn) means <em>robust<\/em>, and <em>lively<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u51b0\u58a9\u58a9\u662f2022\u5e74\u5317\u4eac\u51ac\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a\u7684\u5409\u7965\u7269\u3002<\/p>\n<p>B\u012bng d\u016bn d\u016bn sh\u00ec 2022 ni\u00e1n b\u011bi j\u012bng d\u014dng j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec de j\u00ed xi\u00e1ng w\u00f9.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bing Dun Dun is the mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time the panda (\u718a\u732b xi\u00f3ng m\u0101o), who is native to China, serves as its Olympic mascot. In the Beijing 2008 Games the panda was one of the five Fuwa (good-luck dolls) mascots. Its name was Jingjing, and with its black and white colors, it resembled the black Olympic ring. The giant panda, China\u2019s national treasure (\u56fd\u5b9d gu\u00f3 b\u01ceo), was chosen this time also due to its widespread popularity around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u5927\u718a\u732b\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u56fd\u5b9d\u3002<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e0 xi\u00f3ng m\u0101o sh\u00ec zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 de gu\u00f3 b\u01ceo.<\/p>\n<p><em>Giant pandas are China\u2019s national treasures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, indeed, the Beijing 2022\u2019s official mascot became a fan favorite. The charm of the young panda dressed in an icy suit swept the people\u2019s enthusiasm. Its popularity rapidly skyrocketed. People queued for hours to buy its figurine. Many wish to purchase this cute Olympics memento. Soon, Bing Dun Dun merchandises were sold out. Desperate fan started making their own DIY souvenirs: paper cut, dumplings, candies, etc. in the shape of Bing Dun Dun. For examples and photos check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/izxxz.com\/article\/1638\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u51b0\u58a9\u58a9\u8fc5\u901f\u8d70\u7ea2\u3002<\/p>\n<p>B\u012bng d\u016bn d\u016bn x\u00f9n s\u00f9 z\u01d2u h\u00f3ng.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bing Dun Dun quickly became popular.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The verb \u8d70\u7ea2 (z\u01d2u h\u00f3ng) from the example above is composed of two basic Chinese characters: \u8d70 (z\u01d2u, means <em>to walk<\/em>) + \u7ea2 (h\u00f3ng, means <em>red<\/em>, and also <em>popular<\/em>). Together the phrase means <em>to be popular<\/em>. Another two-character phrase for popularity is \u706b\u7206 (hu\u01d2 b\u00e0o). \u706b (hu\u01d2, means <em>fire<\/em>) + \u7206 (b\u00e0o, means <em>to explode<\/em>), which together describe a popular craze. For example:<\/p>\n<p>\u8fd1\u65e5\u51ac\u5965\u4f1a\u5409\u7965\u7269\u51b0\u58a9\u58a9\u706b\u7206\u5168\u7f51\u3002<\/p>\n<p>J\u00ecn r\u00ec d\u014dng \u00e0o hu\u00ec j\u00ed xi\u00e1ng w\u00f9 b\u012bng d\u016bn d\u016bn hu\u01d2 b\u00e0o qu\u00e1n w\u01ceng.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bing Dun Dun, the mascot of the Winter Olympics, has recently become popular on the Internet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This short article about people braving the cold weather standing for hours hoping to get one Bing Dun Dun souvenir:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winter Olympics: Shoppers in China brave freezing cold, queues for Bing Dwen Dwen panda mascot\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wrh3V2cxSC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Text vocabulary<\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u5409\u7965\u7269 j\u00ed xi\u00e1ng w\u00f9 = mascot<\/p>\n<p>\u51ac\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a d\u014dng j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec = Winter Olympics<\/p>\n<p>\u718a\u732b xi\u00f3ng m\u0101o = panda<\/p>\n<p>\u56fd\u5b9d gu\u00f3 b\u01ceo = national treasure<\/p>\n<p>\u8d70\u7ea2 z\u01d2u h\u00f3ng = to be popular<\/p>\n<p>\u706b\u7206 hu\u01d2 b\u00e0o = explosive popularity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>\u597d\u597d\u5b66\u4e60\uff0c\u5929\u5929\u5411\u4e0a\uff01<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/panda-g-350x241.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/panda-g-350x241.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/panda-g.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>After fourteen years the Olympic Games have returned to China. The 2022 Winter Olympic Games (\u51ac\u5b63\u5965\u8fd0\u4f1a d\u014dng j\u00ec \u00e0o y\u00f9n hu\u00ec) are taking place this month in Beijing. Their panda mascot was already introduced to the world a couple of years ago: Over 5,800 submissions for the design of the 2022 Winter Games mascot (\u5409\u7965\u7269&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-beijing-winter-olympics-mascot\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":16989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16988","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16990,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16988\/revisions\/16990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}