开天辟地 kāitiān-pìdì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom)
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth
怎么记住“开天辟地”: 开 open + 天 day + 辟 law + 地 ground = to split heaven and earth apart (idiom).
汉字
用法
- Idiom: to split heaven and earth apart - since the dawn of creation / an unprecedented first - 这是开天辟地头一回 (zhè shì kāitiān-pìdì tóu yì huí) this is the very first time in history.
- From the Pangu creation myth; used to stress a truly epoch-making, never-before event.
- Fixed four characters; 辟 reads pì here. Emphasizes 'the first ever', not literal cosmology.