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• 开 (開): to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
• 天 (天): day; sky; heaven
• 辟 (辟): (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service; (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]); (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])
• 地 (地): -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

Resources

• Wiktionary: 开天辟地
• MDBG: 开天辟地
• Examples with 开天辟地 on Tatoeba

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