{"path":"/entry/13848","title":"别开生面 / 別開生面 (bié kāi shēng miàn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"别开生面 / 別開生面 (bié kāi shēng miàn): to start something new or original (idiom) · to break a new path · to break fresh ground. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":13848,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["别开生面"],"TRADITIONAL":["別開生面"]}},"phonetic":"bié kāi shēng miàn","phoneticKey":"bie2 kai1 sheng1 mian4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to start something new or original ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to break a new path","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to break fresh ground","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":72901,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From a famous poem by Du Fu","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"凌烟功臣少颜色，将军下笔开生面。","traditional":"凌煙功臣少顏色，將軍下筆開生面。"},"phonetic":"Língyān gōngchén shǎo yánsè, jiāngjūn xiàbǐ kāi shēngmiàn.","english":"When the spirit left great statesmen, on walls of the hall of fame,\nThe point of your brush preserved their living faces.","ref":"c. 764, 杜甫,《丹青引贈曹霸將軍》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}