Dictionary/另起炉灶

另起炉灶 另起爐灶

lìng qǐ lú zào

ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄨˊ ㄗㄠˋ
Idiom
1back to square one
2to start of on a new path
3lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch

Characters

另起炉灶

Example

yuē约hàn翰lí kāi离开le了gōng sī公司，lìng qǐ lú zào另起炉灶。
约翰离开了公司，另起炉灶。
John turned his back on the company and started on his own.