另起炉灶

dì zhèn zhī hòu zāi qū rén mín lìng qǐ lú zào chóng jiàn jiā yuán

地震之后，灾区人民另起炉灶，重建家园。

After the earthquake, the residents of the disaster area started afresh and began to rebuild their houses.

zhè cì shí yàn shī bài le zán men lìng qǐ lú zào ba

这次实验失败了，咱们另起炉灶吧。

Since this experiment failed, we'd better start all over again.

mù qián de fāng fǎ xíng bu tōng wǒ men děi lìng qǐ lú zào cóng tóu zài lái

目前的方法行不通，我们得另起炉灶，从头再来。

The current system just isn’t working, so we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.

zhè ge fēn chǎng jì huà tuō lí zǒng chǎng lìng qǐ lú zào

这个分厂计划脱离总厂，另起炉灶。

This branch plans to break away from the general plant and carry on business independently.

gōng sī yǒu rén dǎ suàn lìng qǐ lú zào chéng lì xīn gōng sī

公司有人打算另起炉灶，成立新公司。

Some people in the company are planning to set up a new company of their own.

hòu lái wǒ fā xiàn tā zhǔn bèi lìng qǐ lú zào

后来我发现他准备另起炉灶。

Then I find out he's going out on his own.