炉灶

• 拼音: lú zào
• 汉字拆解: 炉 = 火 + 户 (furnace); 灶 = 火 + 土 (earthen cooking stove)

含义

Stove and cooking range; kitchen hearth. Refers to the cooking apparatus used for heating and preparing food, ranging from traditional earthen stoves to modern gas ranges.

In idiomatic usage, 另起炉灶 (to start a new stove) means to start from scratch or establish a new organisation independently — a common expression in business and political discourse.

例句

1. 农村老家的厨房里仍然保留着一口烧柴火的传统炉灶。
2. 安全检查员发现炉灶周围堆放了大量易燃物品，立即责令整改。
3. 公司内部分歧不断，几位核心成员最终决定另起炉灶，自立门户。

用法指南

语境: daily life, cooking, idiom

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 老师傅坚持用传统炉灶制作这道菜，认为柴火的温度和香气是现代设备无法复制的。(The old master insists on using a traditional stove for this dish, believing the temperature and aroma of wood fire cannot be replicated by modern equipment.)
• 初创团队在与大公司的合作谈判破裂后，决定另起炉灶，独立开发自己的产品。(After negotiations with the large company broke down, the startup team decided to start fresh and develop their own product independently.)

错误说法

• 在正式文章中单独用炉或灶替代炉灶 — in formal or written contexts 炉灶 as a compound is preferred; using only 炉 or 灶 alone is more dialectal or informal and may sound incomplete in standard Mandarin

起源与历史

炉 (furnace/stove) + 灶 (cooking stove/hearth) — both characters relate to fire and cooking, together forming a compound for the cooking apparatus

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal