cháng
zhāi

technical
religious

Meaning of 长斋

长斋 means permanent or long-term vegetarian diet. Pronounced cháng zhāi.

  • permanent or long-term vegetarian diet

Definitions & Examples

Nǎi
nai
wèi
le
xiū
xíng
 
jīng
chī
le
èr
shí
nián
cháng
zhāi
 

For spiritual practice, my grandmother has kept a permanent vegetarian diet for twenty years.

Zhè
wèi
shì
yuàn
zhōng
shēn
chī
cháng
zhāi
 

This lay Buddhist vowed to keep a lifelong vegetarian diet.

Chī
cháng
zhāi
shì
duō
jiào
biǎo
qián
chéng
de
zhǒng
fāng
shì
 

Keeping a permanent vegetarian diet is one way many Buddhists express their piety.