另起爐灶

Chinese

		other; another; separate other; another; separate; separately	to rise; to raise; to get up	kitchen range; stove; cooktop kitchen range; stove; cooktop; foundation of an undertaking
trad. (另起爐灶/另起爐竈)		另	起	爐灶/爐竈
simp. (另起炉灶)		另	起	炉灶
Literally: “to start another stove”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngqǐlúzào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄨˊ ㄗㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ hei² lou⁴ zou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngqǐlúzào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄨˊ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngcǐlúzào
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-chʻi³-lu²-tsao⁴
    • Yale: lìng-chǐ-lú-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqchiilutzaw
    • Palladius: линцилуцзао (linciluczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ hei² lou⁴ zou³
    • Yale: lihng héi lòuh jou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ hei² lou⁴ dzou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ héi² lou⁴ zou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² hei̯³⁵ lou̯²¹ t͡sou̯³³/

Idiom

另起爐灶

1. (figurative) to start again
   • 1933, Lu Xun, “查舊帳”, in 准風月談, 魯迅全集出版社, published 1947, page 52:

     斬犯綁赴法場的時候，大叫道，「過了二十年，又是一條好漢！」為了另起爐竈，從新做人，非經過二十年不可，真是麻煩得很。 [MSC, trad.]
     斩犯绑赴法场的时候，大叫道，「过了二十年，又是一条好汉！」为了另起炉灶，从新做人，非经过二十年不可，真是麻烦得很。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhǎnfàn bǎng fù fǎchǎng de shíhòu, dàjiào dào, “guò le èrshí nián, yòu shì yī tiáo hǎohàn!” Wèile lìngqǐlúzào, cóng xīn zuòrén, fēi jīngguò èrshí nián bùkě, zhēnshì máfán dehěn. [Pinyin]

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2. (figurative) to establish another separate entity or business