別開生面

See also: 别开生面

Chinese

		other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin	open; operate (vehicle); start	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (別開生面)		別	開	生	面
simp. (别开生面)		别	开	生	面

Etymology

From a famous poem by Du Fu:

凌煙功臣少顏色，將軍下筆開生面。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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凌烟功臣少颜色，将军下笔开生面。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: c. 764, 杜甫,《丹青引贈曹霸將軍》

Língyān gōngchén shǎo yánsè, jiāngjūn xiàbǐ kāi shēngmiàn. [Pinyin]

When the spirit left great statesmen, on walls of the hall of fame,
The point of your brush preserved their living faces.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biékāishēngmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄎㄞ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit⁶ hoi¹ sang¹ min⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pia̍t-khai-seng-biān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biag⁸ kai¹ sên¹ min⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biékāishēngmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄎㄞ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biékaishengmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pieh²-kʻai¹-shêng¹-mien⁴
    • Yale: byé-kāi-shēng-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byekaishengmiann
    • Palladius: бекайшэнмянь (bekajšɛnmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit⁶ hoi¹ sang¹ min⁶
    • Yale: biht hōi sāng mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁹ hoi¹ sang¹ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid⁶ hoi¹ seng¹ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pia̍t-khai-seng-biān
    • Tâi-lô: pia̍t-khai-sing-biān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piadqaisengbien
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛt̚⁴⁻³² kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biag⁸ kai¹ sên¹ min⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pia̍k khai seⁿ mīⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piak̚⁴⁻² kʰai³³⁻²³ sẽ³³⁻²³ mĩ¹¹/

Idiom

別開生面

1. to forge a new path; to stand out from the rest