"from scratch" in Chinese (Simplified)

从头开始白手起家

Definition

如果你从头开始做某事，就是从最基础开始，完全靠自己，没有用任何现成的东西。

这个表达很口语化，常用于烹饪（“从头开始做蛋糕”）、项目和创业。强调从基础做起，不用现成东西。

She made the soup from scratch.

她**从头开始**做了汤。

We built the treehouse from scratch.

我们**从头开始**搭建了树屋。

He learned English from scratch.

他**从头开始**学英语。

I had no recipe, so I just made dinner from scratch.

我没有菜谱，所以晚饭是**从头开始**做的。

Their company was started from scratch in a garage.

他们的公司是在车库里**从头开始**创建的。

After the file was lost, we had to redo the project from scratch.

文件丢失后，我们不得不**从头开始**重做项目。