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开拓

kāi tuò

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 開拓

What 开拓 means

1. to break new ground (for agriculture)
2. to open up (a new seam)
3. to develop (border regions)
4. fig. to open up (new horizons)

The characters in 开拓

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 拓tuòto expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop

Example sentences

• 年轻的时候你应该开拓你的思想。
  Niánqīng de shíhou nǐ yīnggāi kāituò nǐ de sīxiǎng.
  You should enrich your mind when young.

Words starting with 开拓

• 开拓者kāi tuò zhěpioneer
• 开拓性kāi tuò xìngpioneering; groundbreaking