bù​chī​yān​huǒ​shí

to not eat cooked food

Senses

不吃烟火食/ 不吃煙火食 bù​chī​yān​huǒ​shí to not eat cooked food

(of Taoist immortals) to abstain from eating food cooked with fire

不吃烟火食/ 不吃煙火食 bù​chī​yān​huǒ​shí to be otherworldly

to have an ethereal, saint-like quality or be detached from worldly concerns

不吃烟火食/ 不吃煙火食 bù​chī​yān​huǒ​shí to be elegant and refined

(of writing or art) to be elegant, high-toned, and free from worldly triviality

References

same_as 不食人间烟火/不食人間煙火 不吃烟火食/不吃煙火食