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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
lìng- other
- another
- separate
- separately
- 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
- stove
- furnace
- variant of 爐|炉[lu2]
zào- kitchen stove
- kitchen; mess; canteen
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