开阔 (開闊)
kāi kuò
Pinyin

Definition

开阔 (開闊)
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kāi kuò
  1. wide
  2. open (spaces)
  3. to open up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
开
kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to boil
  5. 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. 6 to operate (a vehicle)
  7. 7 carat (gold)
  8. 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén]
  9. 9 abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format
开始
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
开心
kāi xīn
  1. 1 to feel happy
  2. 2 to rejoice
  3. 3 to have a great time
  4. 4 to make fun of sb
开门
kāi mén
  1. 1 to open a door (lit. and fig.)
  2. 2 to open for business

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú
  1. 1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
  2. 2 to talk about sb's weak point

Sample Sentences

所有不是用时间计分的项目就是田赛，它们都需要比较开阔的场地，比如：铅球、标枪、跳远、撑杆跳这些。
suǒyǒu bùshì yòng shíjiān jìfēn de xiàngmù jiùshì tián sài ，tāmen dōu xūyào bǐjiào kāikuò de chǎngdì ，bǐrú ：qiānqiú 、biāoqiāng 、tiàoyuǎn 、chēnggāntiào zhèxiē 。
All the events that aren't scored using time are field events, they all require a wider space, like the shot put, the javelin, long jump and pole vaulting.
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刚刚在市区街道中间，还觉得拥挤嘈杂，不到两小时，上了船，来到这大河之上，整个心情都开阔了。
gānggāng zài shìqū jiēdào zhōngjiān ，hái juéde yōngjǐ cáozá ，bùdào liǎng xiǎoshí ，shàng le chuán ，láidào zhè dà hé zhī shàng ，zhěnggè xīnqíng dōu kāikuò le 。
Just now in the streets of the town, I thought it was noisy and overcrowded, but getting on the boat, on to the surface of this large river, I've completely opened up.
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有道理。年纪轻轻就出门游历，到处游山玩水，难怪眼界开阔，想象力丰富。
yǒudàolǐ 。niánjìqīngqīng jiù chūmén yóulì ，dàochù yóushānwánshuǐ ，nánguài yǎnjiè kāikuò ，xiǎngxiànglì fēngfù 。
That makes sense. As a youth he left home to travel, and saw all the great sights. No wonder he had such great vision and his imagination was so rich.
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那是在平原，地又平又开阔。像我们村，前后不是山就是河，收割机根本开不进来。
nà shì zài píngyuán ，dì yòu píng yòu kāikuò 。xiàng wǒmen cūn ，qiánhòu bùshì shān jiùshì hé ，shōugējī gēnběn kāi bu jìnlai 。
That's in the plains where the land is flat and wide. In our village, it's either mountains or rivers everywhere. You couldn't even drive a harvester in here.
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