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另起炉灶

lìng qǐ lú zào

Definitions

  • •lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
  • •back to square one
  • •to start of on a new path

Child Words of 另起炉灶

灶
zào
炉灶
lú zào
炉
lú
另
lìng