開山

kāishān

cut into a mountain (for quarrying, etc.), unseal a closed mountain for a period of time, (佛教) build the first temple on a famous mountain. Initiate a school of thought, discipline of learning, field of endeavour,etc.

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kai1 shan1

to cut into a mountain (to open a mine), to open a monastery

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開山|开山 [kāi shān] ► to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) ► to open a monastery