开 拓

kāituò

Meaning

to break new ground (for agriculture)
to open up (a new seam)
to develop (border regions)

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fig. to open up (new horizons)

Example

年轻的时候你应该开拓你的思想。

You should enrich your mind when young.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kāiHSK 14 strokesto open (transitive or intransitive)tuòHSK 7-98 strokesto make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)

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