另起爐灶

另

lìng

起

qǐ

炉

爐

lú

灶

zào

lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path

Characters and words in 另起爐灶

另

lìng = li + (e)ng4

other / another / separate / separately

Add a new mnemonic for 另 = 力 + 口

另 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: to separate two liquids, one can use a distiller.

In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) Li Qingzhao (li) wants to distill a liquor (另) out of mandarins (口). She puts the mandarins in the distiller and hits the power button (力).

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起

qǐ = qi + Ø3

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

Add a new mnemonic for 起 = 己 + 走

Add a new mnemonic for 起 = 走 + 巳

起 = 己 + 走 : The Queen of Hearts is bored in the space station and plays a game involving a nordic walking pole and butcher's hooks. She uses the nordic walking pole to accelerate the hooks and fires them off once they have enough momentum.

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炉

爐

lú = lu + Ø2

stove / furnace

Add a new mnemonic for 炉 = 户 + 火

Add a new mnemonic for 炉 = 火 + 戸

Add a new mnemonic for 爐 = 火 + 盧

炉 = 户 + 火 : Lenny Lemur (lu) is firing (火) his stove (炉) with a wooden swinging door (户) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2).

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炉

爐