- 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 (另): other; another; separate; separately
- 起 (起): to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 炉 (爐): stove; furnace
- 灶 (灶): kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
Resources
- Wiktionary: 另起炉灶
- MDBG: 另起炉灶
- Examples with 另起炉灶 on Tatoeba
Examples
约翰离开了公司，另起炉灶。