炉灶 (lú zào) — kitchen stove, cooking range; (figurative) a fresh start, a new undertaking (especially in the idiom 另起炉灶)

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Examples

• 厨房里的炉灶用了十年，该换新的了。
  Chú fáng lǐ de lú zào yòng le shí nián, gāi huàn xīn de le.
  The stove in the kitchen has been used for ten years; it's time to replace it.
• 公司倒闭后，他决定另起炉灶，重新创业。
  Gōng sī dǎo bì hòu, tā jué dìng lìng qǐ lú zào, chóng xīn chuàng yè.
  After the company went bankrupt, he decided to start from scratch and launch a new business.
• 他们不想再依赖别人，打算自己另立炉灶。
  Tā men bù xiǎng zài yī lài bié rén, dǎ suàn zì jǐ lìng lì lú zào.
  They don't want to rely on others anymore and plan to set up their own operation.

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