eat vegetarian food; have a meal in a temple
Meanings
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to practice vegetarianism (especially for religious reasons)
特指因宗教信仰（如佛教）而不吃肉食。常与“念佛”、“行善”等一起使用。
To pray for blessings, she decided to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name for a month.
Grandfather is a lay Buddhist who maintains a permanent vegetarian diet.
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Many Buddhists eat vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month.
verb
(monks) to have a meal; to eat
formal寺庙用语，用于指出家人进食。区别于日常口语的“吃饭”。
The monks have their meal in the refectory every morning.
They do not eat after noon, so monks only have breakfast and lunch.
verb
(lay people) to have a meal in a monastery/temple
指俗家信众或游客在寺庙里吃素斋。
We went to Lingyin Temple to offer incense over the weekend and also had a vegetarian meal there.
Some temples open their vegetarian meals to tourists; you can eat there for just five yuan.
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Experiencing a meal in a temple made me feel much more peaceful inside.