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HSK
stove
HSK 7-9
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path
focus of infection / lesion / nidus
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  *灶* | 灶* | *灶
kitchen stove / kitchen; mess; canteen
to start over from scratch (idiom)
mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶
stove / cooking burner
to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灶* | 灶* | *灶
variant of
see 送灶
to fall (from power) / in decline / unlucky
large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 for mid-level cadres and 小灶 for the most privileged)
seeing off the kitchen god 灶神 (traditional rite)
to be given special treatment / to be treated in a favored way
to surpass one's father
to give preferential treatment / to give special attention
mess hall for mid-level cadres / cf. 大灶
hearth
old-style large kitchen stove


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