四旬斋

Traditional: 四旬齋

sì xún zhāi

Dictionary entry

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

What does 四旬斋 mean?

四旬斋 (sì xún zhāi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

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四sìfour · 4 旬xún(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2]) · (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4 xun2] "sixty years old")斋zhāiold variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]

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四旬斋

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