开荤

Traditional: 開葷

kāi hūn

Dictionary entry

to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet

What does 开荤 mean?

开荤 (kāi hūn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet

2(fig.) to do sth as a novel experience

Character breakdown

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开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) · non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)

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How to pronounce 开荤

开荤

kāi hūn

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