create new styles; have an out-of the-ordinary (/origi nal/unconventional) idea; have new ideas of one’s own; in an original manner; inventive; original in its design; out of one’s own head; show originality;use one’s ingenuity
❍ 他写这部小说是～的。He wrote the novel out of his own head.
独出心裁dú chū xīn cái
心裁：指心中的设计筹划等。原指诗文的构思有独到的地方。现多指想出的办法与众不同。be original, show originality, create new styles, have new ideas of one’s own, out of one’s own hand