掰開

to pull apart / to pry open with the hands

to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp / fig. to analyze minutely from every angle / to chew sth over