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别开生面

bié kāi shēng miàn

4-character word Traditional 別開生面

What 别开生面 means

1. to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
2. to break fresh ground

The characters in 别开生面

• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 面miànface; side; surface

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