独辟蹊径 break new ground
Explanation
指独创一种风格或方法，另辟蹊径，比喻另创一种风格或方法。
Refers to creating a unique style or method. 'Breaking new ground' is a metaphor for creating a new style or method.
Origin Story
话说唐代著名诗人李白，他一生写下了无数脍炙人口的诗篇，其风格豪放不羁，想象奇特，独具一格，堪称诗仙。但他并非生来就如此，早年也曾追随前人，模仿前朝诗风的痕迹。有一次，李白在长安游览，看到一群孩童在玩耍，玩得不亦乐乎。他看到孩子们天真烂漫，自由自在，玩耍的方式与大人们大相径庭。李白顿悟到，诗歌创作也要像这些孩子一样，抛却束缚，自由地表达自我。从此，李白不再刻意模仿前人，而是独辟蹊径，创造出自己独特的诗歌风格，最终成就了他一代诗仙的名号。
It is said that Li Bai, the famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote countless popular poems in his lifetime. His style was unrestrained, his imagination peculiar, and his style unique. He was known as the 'Poetry Immortal'. But he wasn't born this way. In his early years, he had followed predecessors and imitated the traces of the poetry style of previous dynasties. Once, while traveling in Chang'an, Li Bai saw a group of children playing happily. He saw that the children were innocent, free, and their way of playing was very different from that of adults. Li Bai suddenly realized that poetry creation should also be like these children, abandoning constraints and expressing themselves freely. From then on, Li Bai stopped deliberately imitating his predecessors and instead broke new ground, creating his own unique poetic style, which ultimately made him famous as the 'Poetry Immortal'.
Usage
常用作谓语、定语；比喻独创一种风格或方法。
Often used as a predicate or attributive; a metaphor for creating a unique style or method.
Examples
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他另辟蹊径，设计出了这款新颖的软件。
ta ling pi xi jing, she ji chu le zhe kuan xinyin de ruanjian.
He broke new ground and designed this novel software.
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这家公司独辟蹊径，另寻出路，成功扭转了局面。
zhe jia gongsi du pi xi jing, ling xun chu lu, chenggong niuzhuan le ju mian.
The company broke new ground and found another way out, successfully turning the situation around.