Read Edit View history Discussion 吃斋 chīzhāi to be a vegetarian Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吃斋 吃齋 chī//zhāi to be a vegetarian to abstain from meat and spicy vegetables, often for religious reasons or as a vow; to eat a vegetarian diet to dine used specifically for Buddhist monks or nuns having a meal Frequency Written text 0.223 per million Cross-References Synonym 吃素 chīsùReferenced by 斋 zhāi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
吃斋 吃齋 chī//zhāi to be a vegetarian to abstain from meat and spicy vegetables, often for religious reasons or as a vow; to eat a vegetarian diet to dine used specifically for Buddhist monks or nuns having a meal Frequency Written text 0.223 per million Cross-References Synonym 吃素 chīsùReferenced by 斋 zhāi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)