religious offerings; sacrificial food
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
religious offerings; sacrificial food; votive gifts
dialectRefers to vegetarian food offerings used in Buddhist ceremonies, ancestor worship, or folk religious rituals. The term is marked as dialectal in some regions, though widely understood in religious contexts.
Jì祭
tái台
shàng上
bǎi摆
mǎn满
le了
xīn新
xiān鲜
de的
zhāi斋
guǒ果
。
The altar was filled with fresh offerings.
Zhè这
xiē些
zhāi斋
guǒ果
shì是
gòng供
fèng奉
zǔ祖
xiān先
yòng用
de的
。
These offerings are for worshipping the ancestors.
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Tā他
zhǔn准
bèi备
le了
zhāi斋
guǒ果
qù去
miào庙
lǐ里
shāo烧
xiāng香
bài拜
fó佛
。
He prepared offerings to burn incense and worship Buddha at the temple.