开山

開山
kāishān
  1. to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)
  2. to open a monastery

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism) to build the first temple on a famous mountain
  2. to build the first temple on a famous mountain
  3. to cut into a mountain (for quarrying, etc.)
  4. to unseal a closed mountain for a period of time

Wiktionary

  1. 因採石或筑路等需要，将山挖开、炸开。
  2. 本为选择名山建立寺院。后引申为宗派的创始人。
  3. 祕密团体或黑社会结党立派、成立组织，称为「开山」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 开 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format
2 山 shān (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

classifier: 座

Containing this entry

开山刀 kāishāndāo machete
开山祖师 kāishānzǔshī
  1. founding master of a monastery
  2. founder
  3. originator
开山鼻祖 kāishānbízǔ founder
开山儿 kai¹sanr¹