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荤辛

hūn xīn

2-character word Traditional 葷辛

What 荤辛 means

1. very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)

The characters in 荤辛

• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 辛xīn(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious

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