kāi tuò

Traditional: 開拓

HSK 7–9

开拓 (kāi tuò) is a Chinese word meaning “to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to break new ground (for agriculture)
  2. 2to open up (a new seam)
  3. 3to develop (border regions)
  4. 4fig. to open up (new horizons)
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 开拓

开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)拓tà · to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)

Related words

开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave开心to feel happy打开to open开枪to open fire放开to let go开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke开车to drive a car (or train etc)走开to leave; to walk away; to beat it开门(lit. and fig.) to open a door分开to separate

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