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開hoi1天tin1闢pik1地dei6

simp开天辟地
hoi1 tin1 pik1 dei6kāi tiān pì dì

English

  1. (lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth) (idiom)
  2. (fig.) unprecedented; first of its kind
  3. 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

  1. 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

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