开
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辟
地

To split heaven and earth apart (idiom) in Chinese: 开天辟地 (kāi tiān pì dì)

kāi tiān pì dì

to split heaven and earth apart (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 開天闢地1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth

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天
辟
地

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄊㄧㄢ

tiān

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄆㄧˋ

pì

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄧˋ

dì

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

开天辟地

Simplified

開天闢地

Traditional

Example sentences

See 开天辟地 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这是开天辟地以来最大的变化。

    zhè shì kāi tiān pì dì yǐ lái zuì dà de biàn huà。

    This is the greatest change since the dawn of time.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

地

de

-ly

天

tiān

day

今天

jīn tiān

today

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

天气

tiān qì

weather

昨天

zuó tiān

yesterday

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

地方

dì fāng

region

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

地图

dì tú

map

离开

lí kāi

to depart

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