「另起爐灶」
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Pronunciation: | ling6 hei2 lou4 zou3 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
另 another; separately; having other way 起 stand up; up; rise; case; instance; from; to rise; to get up; to stand up; to build; to set up; to appear; to form; to draft; to draw up; to work out; to collect; to extract 爐 a stove; a furnace 灶 kitchen range; kitchen god |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to withdraw from something already established, especially companies or other organisations, and set up another with a similar nature; literally 'to set up a separate stove'
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