另闢蹊徑

另辟蹊径
lìngpìxījìng
  1. to take an alternate route (idiom)
  2. to find an alternative
  3. to take a different approach
  4. to blaze a new trail

CEDICT

  1. to explore new methods
  2. to start a new style

Wiktionary

另外尋求其他的方法或途徑。

重編國語辭典

開創新的方法或風格

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 另 lìng
  1. other
  2. another
  3. separate
  4. separately
2 闢 pì
  1. to open (a door)
  2. to open up (for development)
  3. to dispel; to refute; to repudiate
  4. (bound form) penetrating; incisive
3 蹊徑 xījìng
  1. path
  2. (fig.) way

Related entries

披荊斬棘 pījīngzhǎnjí
  1. lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
  2. fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way
  3. to break through hardships
  4. to blaze a new trail