吃斋

Traditional: 吃齋

chī zhāi

Dictionary entry

to abstain from eating meat

What does 吃斋 mean?

吃斋 (chī zhāi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to abstain from eating meat

2to be a vegetarian

Character breakdown

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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)斋zhāiold variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]

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吃斋

chī zhāi

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