开天辟地開天闢地 kāi tiān pì dì — to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth
kāi (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level) pì (fourth tone, falling) dì (fourth tone, falling)kai1 tian1 pi4 di4
Traditional: 開天闢地
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 开
- 开開kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
- 开始開始kāishǐ (first tone, high and level)to begin, to start
- 离开離開líkāi (second tone, rising)to leave, to depart from
- 打开打開dǎ (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
- 公开公開gōng (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)public
- 开车開車kāi (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)to drive a car
- 开发開發kāi (first tone, high and level) fā (first tone, high and level)to exploit (a resource)
- 开放開放kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to bloom
- 展开展開zhǎn (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to unfold
- 分开分開fēn (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to separate
- 开口開口kāi (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)to open one's mouth
- 改革开放改革開放gǎi (third tone, dipping) gé (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to reform and open to the outside world
- 开玩笑開玩笑kāi (first tone, high and level) wán (second tone, rising) xiào (fourth tone, falling)to play a joke
- 召开召開zhào (fourth tone, falling) kāi (first tone, high and level)to convene (a conference or meeting)
- 开会開會kāi (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)to hold a meeting
- 开通開通kāi (first tone, high and level) tōng (first tone, high and level)to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
- 开工開工kāi (first tone, high and level) gōng (first tone, high and level)to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
- 拉开拉開lā (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to pull open
Words containing 天
- 天tiān (first tone, high and level)day
- 今天jīntiān (first tone, high and level)today
- 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
- 昨天zuótiān (second tone, rising)yesterday
- 天气天氣tiānqì (first tone, high and level)weather
- 聊天liáotiān (second tone, rising)to chat, to make conversation
- 夏天xià (fourth tone, falling) tiān (first tone, high and level)summer
- 天堂tiān (first tone, high and level) táng (second tone, rising)paradise
- 冬天dōng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)winter
- 天空tiān (first tone, high and level) kōng (first tone, high and level)sky
- 天使tiān (first tone, high and level) shǐ (third tone, dipping)angel
- 整天zhěng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level)all day long
- 当天當天dāng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)on that day
- 白天bái (second tone, rising) tiān (first tone, high and level)daytime
- 天下tiān (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)land under heaven
- 春天chūn (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)spring (season)
- 天才tiān (first tone, high and level) cái (second tone, rising)talent
- 天生tiān (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)nature