开辟
kāipì
to open up, to blaze (a trail)
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 他们开辟了一条新航线。They opened up a new shipping route.
- 这本书为研究开辟了新方向。This book opened a new direction for research.
Collocations
开辟道路开辟航线开辟市场开辟新天地
Mnemonic
开 kāi "to open" + 辟 pì "to open up, clear": to open up a path where there was none, i.e. to pioneer, to open up. Korean renders it as "to pioneer, open up". First opening a route, sea lane, market or field (开辟航线 to open a sea route, 开辟新方向 to open a new direction). It shares 开 with 开发 (to develop), but 开辟 focuses on opening a path where none existed. 辟 means "to open up, refute" (辟谣 to refute a rumor).
Related
开发开拓创立开创
Quick check
What is the focus of 开辟 versus 开发?