He went over the seas and far away all alone in seek of his dreams.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
开拓市场
開拓市場
kāi tuò shì chǎng
to exploit markets
Mandarin
开拓视野
開拓視野
kāi tuò shì yě
to broaden one's horizons
Mandarin
开拓视界
開拓視界
kāi tuò shì jiè
broaden one's horizons
Mandarin
南社先于新文化运动进行社会革命和文化革新，但是这些敢为天下先和敢吃螃蟹的开拓精神，并没有得到作为后继者的新文化运动领导人物的认可与赞同，相反却遭到了他们的肆意贬低与冷嘲热讽。
南社先於新文化運動進行社會革命和文化革新，但是這些敢為天下先和敢吃螃蟹的開拓精神，並沒有得到作為後繼者的新文化運動領導人物的認可與贊同，相反卻遭到了他們的肆意貶低與冷嘲熱諷。
nán shè xiān yú xīn wén huà yùn dòng jìn xíng shè huì gé mìng hé wén huà gé xīn ， dàn shì zhè xiē gǎn wèi tiān xià xiān hé gǎn chī páng xiè de kāi tuò jīng shén ， bìng méi yǒu dé dào zuò wéi hòu jì zhě de xīn wén huà yùn dòng lǐng dǎo rén wù de rèn kě yǔ zàn tóng ， xiàng fǎn què zāo dào le tā men de sì yì biǎn dī yǔ lěng cháo rè fěng ．
Nanshe committed itself earlier than New Culture Movement to social and cultural reform. Unfortunately, this pioneering spirit to take the lead and dare to try was not approved, but scorned and disparaged by its successors, i.e. New Culture Movement leaders.