keep a perpetual vegetarian diet; abstain from meat year-round
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to practice year-round vegetarianism; to keep a perpetual fast (especially among Buddhists)
Refers specifically to abstaining from meat throughout the entire year, as opposed to temporary or periodic fasting (吃花斋). Primarily associated with Buddhist lay practitioners.
Tā他
zì自
cóng从
xìn信
fó佛
yǐ以
hòu后
jiù就
kāi开
shǐ始
chī吃
cháng长
zhāi斋
le了
。
He started keeping a perpetual vegetarian diet after he began to believe in Buddhism.
Nǎi奶
nai奶
chī吃
cháng长
zhāi斋
yǐ已
jīng经
èr二
shí十
nián年
le了
，
cóng从
bù不
chī吃
hūn荤
。
Grandma has been keeping a vegetarian diet for twenty years and never eats meat.
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Chī吃
cháng长
zhāi斋
de的
rén人
tōng通
cháng常
zhī只
zài在
sì寺
miào庙
lǐ里
chī吃
zhāi斋
fàn饭
。
People who keep a perpetual fast usually eat temple food only at monasteries.
Yǔ与
chī吃
cháng长
zhāi斋
bù不
tóng同
，
yǒu有
xiē些
rén人
zhī只
zài在
chū初
yī一
shí十
wǔ五
chī吃
sù素
。
Unlike keeping a year-round fast, some people only eat vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month.