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Trad. 闢
- to open (a door)
- to open up (for development)
- to dispel; to refute; to repudiate
- (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- (literary) king; monarch
- (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service
- (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4])
- (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])
Trad. 復辟
- to recover one's power or authority
- restoration (of a past regime)
Trad. 闢室
- lit. to open a room
- fig. to settle in a quiet room
- behind closed doors
Trad. 辟穀
- (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast
- also pr. [pi4gu3]
- to ward off evil spirits
- mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
Trad. 辟雍硯
- ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface
Trad. 丁巳復辟
- Manchu Restoration of 1917, see 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4]
Trad. 開天闢地
- to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
Trad. 獨辟蹊徑
- to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
Trad. 另闢蹊徑
- to take an alternate route (idiom)
- to find an alternative
- to take a different approach
- to blaze a new trail
Trad. 張勳復辟
- Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne
