- to break new ground (for agriculture)
- to open up (a new seam)
- to develop (border regions)
- fig. to open up (new horizons)
Characters
- 开 (開): to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 拓 (拓): surname Tuo
Resources
- Wiktionary: 开拓
- MDBG: 开拓
- Examples with 开拓 on Tatoeba
Examples
年轻的时候你应该开拓你的思想。