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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 另起炉灶
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 38,118 | 55,277 | 76,652 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 另 | lìng | - other - another - separate - separately |
| 起 | qǐ | - 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 | lú | - stove - furnace |
| 炉 | lú | - variant of 爐|炉[lu2] |
| 灶 | zào | - kitchen stove - kitchen; mess; canteen |
| 灶 | zào | - variant of 灶[zao4] |
Other Words Containing 另起炉灶
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 另起炉灶 | - | - | 38,118 | 55,277 | 76,652 |