- 开天辟地
- kāitiānpìdìthe creation of heaven and earth—the beginning of history* * *since the beginning of the history; the creation of world* * *since the beginning of the history; the creation of world* * *kai1 tian1 pi4 di4to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古, 盘古, creation myth* * *开天辟地kāi tiān pì dì(天地开辟) when heaven was separated from earth -- the creation of the world; in the beginning of the heaven and the earth genesis(有史以来) since the dawn of history; since the beginning of history:开天辟地的壮举 a most heroic event in human history(划时代的, 破天荒的, 开创新纪元的) epoch-making* * *
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.