kāi tiān pì dì

Traditional: 開天闢地

HSK 7–9

开天辟地 (kāi tiān pì dì) is a Chinese word meaning “to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth”.

Meanings

  1. 1to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth

Characters in 开天辟地

开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)天tiān · day辟bì · (literary) king; monarch地de · -ly

Related words

天day开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)今天today地方region地方place; location; area; space; territory离开to depart; to leave地-ly地earth明天tomorrow开心to feel happy打开to open

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