開天闢地
simp开天辟地hoi1 tin1 pik1 dei6kāi tiān pì dì
English
- (lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth) (idiom)
- (fig.) unprecedented; first of its kind
- literally to open up the heaven and the earth; a description of Pangu creating the world from a primordial soup in Chinese mythology
粵語 — Cantonese
- 天地初開;神話傳説入面天地係本來由盤古分開
Examples
前所未有
never before seen; like genesis; earth-shattering
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk