独出心裁
dú​chū​xīn​cái

to show originality

  • created sense approved 独出心裁/獨出心裁 · dú​chū​xīn​cái · to show originality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    独出心裁 / 獨出心裁

    dú​chū​xīn​cái

    to show originality

    to display originality; to do things in a unique or unconventional way. This idiom originally referred to creating poetry or art with a unique style, but now describes any novel or ingenious idea or method.

    独 (literal) → 独/獨 · dú · unique 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to produce 心裁 (literal) → 心裁 · xīn​cái · mental plan

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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