另起炉灶
另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path
idiomverb
Traditional: 另起爐灶
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
- back to square one
- to start of on a new path
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