the site or focus of infection in the body where a disease is located; nidus

a stove and its associated equipment

kitchen stove; cooking range

The flat top surface of a kitchen stove or range; can also refer to the stove itself.

A small private kitchen or stove, as opposed to a public or collective canteen.

(idiom) lit. to set up a separate kitchen; to start over from scratch or find a new way of doing things after a failure

A cooking stove or range that uses gas as fuel

The deity in Chinese folk religion who protects the household and kitchen; also known as [[灶君|灶君|zao4 jun1]] or [[灶王爷|灶王爺|zao4 wang2 ye2]].

The god of the kitchen in Chinese folklore, worshipped as the deity who oversees the welfare of the family and reports their conduct to heaven.

cooking stove or burner; a cooking pot and the kitchen range it sits on

To eat food of a higher standard than the general mess in a collective canteen

to be down on one's luck; to have bad luck

kitchen; specifically a traditional or rural kitchen

A stove or kitchen range built of brick, stone, or earth for cooking

kitchen; a room used for cooking food, used primarily in certain regional dialects

To provide a higher standard of food or specialized cooking for someone within a collective dining hall or canteen environment.

A cooking stove that generates heat through electromagnetic induction; also called [[电磁炉|電磁爐|dian4 ci2 lu2]].

A stove or cooking appliance that uses mirrors to concentrate solar radiation into heat for cooking; also called a [[太阳炉|太陽爐|tai4 yang2 lu2]].

An old-style large stove used to boil water

The Kitchen God of Chinese folk religion, believed to manage a family's luck, health, and wealth. Also known as [[灶神|灶神|zao4 shen2]] or [[灶王爷|灶王爺|zao4 wang2 ye2]].

The hollow space inside a traditional cooking stove where firewood or straw is burned.

To begin a task or project all over again from the beginning; to start over.

An old custom of making offerings to the [[灶神|灶神|zao4 shen2]] to send him to Heaven on his annual reporting trip, usually occurring on the 23rd or 24th day of the 12th lunar month.

Collective food or canteen meals of a medium standard; specifically, mid-grade cafeteria food.

person who makes salt by boiling seawater or is otherwise involved in salt production

To be in charge of the cooking at a restaurant, canteen, or banquet; to work as a head chef.

Used to describe a life of extreme poverty and simple living, literally meaning a rope bed and an earthenware stove

To perform the cooking; to start work in the kitchen.

A stove that hasn't been lit for a long time; used to describe a family that is very poor or in a difficult situation

To feign a decline or weakness by reducing the number of cooking fires in a military camp, a deceptive tactic used to lure an enemy into a trap; based on a historical strategy by the general [[孙膑|孫臏|sun1 bin4]].

meals prepared at separate stoves; refers to the fiscal decentralization policy implemented in mainland China during the 1980s

To eat standard meals at a collective cafeteria or mess hall; often used in contrast to [[吃小灶|吃小灶|chi1 xiao3 zao4]]

a large kitchen stove or range typically built from brick or earth

To curry favor with or flatter a powerful official; based on a metaphor from the Analects of Confucius suggesting it is more practical to be on good terms with the kitchen god (the source of food) than the inner household god of the house.

a family stove or kitchen range; by extension, the household or family kitchen

(medicine) occurring in or limited to a specific area

to provide or receive better food than others; to enjoy special favors or preferential treatment

a chef or head cook in a restaurant; literally "one who manages the stove"

A person who makes salt by boiling seawater or is involved in salt production. Also called [[灶户|灶戶|zao4 hu4]].

(dialect) a cook or chef who manages the kitchen stove

(literary) a cook; a chef

Place along the coast for producing salt by boiling brine

(colloquial) a stove or furnace for cooking; a kitchen fireplace

(regional) room used for cooking food; kitchen

The god of the kitchen in Chinese folk religion.

The burner or hole on a stove where cooking takes place

(astronomy) Vesta; the second largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

the chimney of a kitchen stove

(dialect) a cooking stove or kitchen area