开天辟地

Traditional form:

開天闢地

Pinyin (reading):

kāitiānpìdì

Definitions:

• to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古／盘古 ( Pángǔ) creation myth

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 辟 - law, rule; to open up, to develop
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 闢 - open; to settle, to develop, to open up
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb