开创 kāichuàng to initiate
to initiate; to start; to found
How to remember 开创: 开 open + 创 to establish = to initiate.
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How it is used
- To pioneer / found something new: 开创新局面 (kāichuàng xīn júmiàn) to open a new chapter, 开创事业 (to start an enterprise).
- Grander than 开始 (to begin); 开创 implies breaking new ground and founding what didn't exist before.
- Written/inspirational register.