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开天辟地

kāi tiān pì dì

4-character word Traditional 開天闢地

What 开天辟地 means

1. (lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu {盘古|Pán gǔ} creation myth) (idiom)
2. (fig.) unprecedented; first of its kind

The characters in 开天辟地

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 地dìearth; ground; field