开拔

Traditional form:

開拔

Pinyin (reading):

kāibá

Definitions:

• to set out (of troops)
• departure
• start date (of military expedition)

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote