mess hall for mid-level cadres; cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]

to fall (from power); in decline; unlucky

earthen stove; clay stove (typically wood-fired)

large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth; (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged)

hearth

mess hall for high-ranking cadres; (fig.) special treatment; cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]

stove

(medicine) lesion; focus of disease; nidus

to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god

to surpass one's father

see 送灶[song4 Zao4]

seeing off the kitchen god 灶神[Zao4 shen2] (traditional rite)

stove; cooking burner

to be given special treatment; to be treated in a favored way

to give preferential treatment; to give special attention

old-style large kitchen stove

"transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food preparation processes are made visible to customers (by means of transparent glass, live video etc) to promote hygiene and ensure accountability in food safety practices

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

to start over from scratch (idiom)