别开生面 — Chinese idiom
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
Traditional: 別開生面
Meaning
- to start sth new or original ; to break a new path
- to break fresh ground
Character by character
- 别biéto separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
Idioms sharing a character
- 分门别类 fēn mén bié lèi
- 别出心裁 bié chū xīn cái
- 别有用心 bié yǒu yòng xīn
- 别树一帜 bié shù yī zhì
- 别树一旗 bié shù yī qí
- 别无二致 bié wú èr zhì
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 天壤之别 tiān rǎng zhī bié
- 天差地别 tiān chā dì bié
- 移情别恋 yí qíng bié liàn
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