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另起爐灶

简另起炉灶 · 繁另起爐灶

Cantonese · source Jyutpingling6 hei2 lou4 zou3

(idiom) To set up another business

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

ling66 · low levelhei22 · high risinglou44 · low fallingzou33 · mid level

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Same syllable, six tones

ling拎ling1to liftling2—ling3—灵ling4quick 领ling5to lead 令ling6to order

hei希hei1to hope 起hei2to rise 氣hei3gashei4—hei5—hei6—

lou噜lou1grumble 佬lou2man / guy / bloke / dudelou3—劳lou4to toil 老lou5prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral…路lou6road

zou租zou1to hire 组zou2to form 灶zou3kitchen stovezou4—zou5—造zou6to make

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

另起爐灶炉

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

另起爐灶 lìng qǐ lú zào CC-CEDICT · Mandarinlit. 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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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ling4 qi3 lu2 zao4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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phrase

(figurative) to start again
(figurative) to establish another separate entity or business

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