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吃斋

chī zhāi

2-character word Traditional 吃齋

What 吃斋 means

1. to abstain from eating meat
2. to be a vegetarian

The characters in 吃斋

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 斋zhāito fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room

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