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Chinese dictionary
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  • 1

    v.open up; start; hew out; break

    • cūn zi lǐ yào kāi pì yī tiáo xīn dào lù

      村子开辟道路

      A new road should be opened in the village.

    • zhè xiàng xīn gōng zuò kě néng gěi tā kāi pì quán xīn de qián jǐng

      工作可能开辟全新前景

      This new job could open up whole new vistas for her.

    • jūn duì kě néng wú fǎ kāi pì lìng yī tiáo zhàn xiàn

      军队可能无法开辟战线

      The army could well be hard pressed to open up another front.

  • 2

    v.establish; pioneer

    • jīn nián wǒ men yào kāi pì xīn de gōng yè qū

      今年我们开辟工业区

      We will open up new industrial zones this year.

    • zhè gè nóng cūn zhǔn bèi kāi pì yī gè guǒ yuán

      农村准备开辟果园

      This countryside is going to open up an orchard.

    • wǒ men yào kāi pì biān jiāng

      我们开辟边疆

      We should open up the frontier.

Word usage

  • Note
    "开辟" is different from "开拓". "开拓" means "expand from small to large"; "开辟" means "create from scratch".