大開大合

大开大合
dàkāidàhé
(idiom) epic in scope; wide-ranging

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 大開 dàkāi to open wide
2 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=3 合 hé
  1. to close
  2. to join
  3. to fit
  4. to be equal to
  5. whole
  6. together
  7. round (in battle)
  8. conjunction (astronomy)
  9. 1st note of pentatonic scale
  10. old variant of 盒 hé
=3 合 hé variant of 合 hé