make a new departure;think up an idea of one’s own; write something original ❍ 那些童生都读过前人这篇，不能～，每多抄袭。(《红楼梦》 1102) Those candidates had all read essays on this theme,and instead of writing something original they could only plagiarize.
自出心裁zì chū xīn cái
指想出的办法与众不同。try to be different, make a new departure