另起炉灶
Traditional form:
另起爐灶
Pinyin (reading):
lìngqǐlúzào
Definitions:
- lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
- back to square one
- to start of on a new path
Characters:
- 另 - another; separate, other
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 炉 - fireplace, furnace, oven, stove
- 灶 - kitchen, oven, stove
Traditional characters: