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zaaiˉ¹齋
简 斋
Pinyin: zhai1
Translations
nounfast; abstain from meat
nounonly; plain; simply
nounroom/building for study
nounvegetarian diet/meal
noun(adjective) 1. Simply; 2. Only (because of less interests, activities, etc.)
daaˊ²打zaaiˉ¹齋
简 打斋
Pinyin: da3 zhai1
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nounperform Taoist or Buddhist rites
hoiˉ¹開zaaiˉ¹齋
简 开斋
Pinyin: kai1 zhai1
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nountaste the first success; break a losing streak
nounwin first point/game; score first goal; maiden victory
nounquit a vegetarian diet; [Islam] come to the end of Ramadan
nounmake use of or do sth for the first time
nounto break a drought (scoring the first point, closing the first deal, receive the first speeding ticket etc.)(Cantonese)
daaˊ²打jyunˎ₄完zaaiˉ¹齋mˎ₄唔jiu˗₃要woˎ₄和soengˊ²尚
简 打完斋唔要和尚
Pinyin: da3 wan2 zhai1 wu2 yao4 he2 shang5
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nounto show a lack of gratitude; to drop sth when no longer needed
noun(slang) to describe someone who discards the gratitude to those who helped her/him; danger past, God is forgotten; once on shore we pray no more
fungˉ¹封zaaiˉ¹齋zit˗₃節
简 封斋节
Pinyin: feng1 zhai1 jie2
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nounLent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
waaˍ₆話zaaiˉ¹齋
简 话斋
Pinyin: hua4 zhai1
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nounjust as what (sb) has said/told (indicating that what sb has said is worth noting)
noun(slang) as one has said
sikˍ₆食coengˎ₄長zaaiˉ¹齋
简 食长斋
Pinyin: shi2 chang2 zhai1
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noun1. adopt a long term vegetarian diet 2. to refrain from doing sth. on a long term basis
zaaiˉ¹齋tongˊ²堂
简 斋堂
Pinyin: zhai1 tang2
Translations
nounprivate study; room for observing religious abstinence before worship
daaˊ²打zaaiˉ¹齋hokˊ²鶴
简 打斋鹤
Pinyin: da3 zhai1 he4
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nounbad friends who talk others into bad addiction (drug, gambling, prostitution)
daaˊ²打laanˍ₆爛zaaiˉ¹齋but˗₃鉢
简 打烂斋钵
Pinyin: da3 lan4 zhai1 bo1
Translations
nounto break a resolution because of a lack of self-discipline
nounend a period of abstention (Lent, Ramadan, etc); break a resolution; to break a precept; to breach the principles
zaaiˉ¹齋haauˍ₆校
简 斋校
Pinyin: zhai1 xiao4
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nouna single-sex school
zaaiˉ¹齋coengˊ²腸
简 斋肠
Pinyin: zhai1 chang2
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nounvegetarian rice roll
loˎ₄羅hon˗₃漢zaaiˉ¹齋
简 罗汉斋
Pinyin: luo2 han4 zhai1
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nouna special vegetarian dish
nounstewed mixed vegetables
sikˍ₆食zaaiˉ¹齋
简 食斋
Pinyin: shi2 zhai1
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nounto be a vegetarian; to practise vegetarianism; to abstain from meat | Mand.: 吃素
nounto be a vegetarian
sei˗₃四ceonˎ₄旬zaaiˉ¹齋
简 四旬斋
Pinyin: si4 xun2 zhai1
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nounLent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
zaaiˉ¹齋sikˍ₆食
简 斋食
Pinyin: zhai1 shi2
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nounvegetarian's dishes
gwaiˊ²鬼louˊ²佬zaaiˉ¹齋
简 鬼佬斋
Pinyin: gui3 lao3 zhai1
Translations
nounwestern style vegetarian dishes (e.g., salads doused with oil)
nounwestern-style vegetable cuisine
sikˍ₆食zaaiˉ¹齋ge˗₃嘅janˎ₄人
简 食斋嘅人
Pinyin: shi2 zhai1 kai3 ren2
Translations
nouna vegetarian (typically Buddhist)
daaˊ²打laanˍ₆爛zaaiˉ¹齋but˗₃缽
简 打烂斋钵
Pinyin: da3 lan4 zhai1 bo1
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noununable to maintain self-discipline; fail to follow through with one's resolution
nounfail to maintain self-discipline; fail to keep up with one's resolution (restricted diet e.g.)
zaaiˉ¹齋coi˗₃菜
简 斋菜
Pinyin: zhai1 cai4
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nounvegetarian dishes
ngaaiˎ₄挨zaaiˉ¹齋
简 挨斋
Pinyin: ai1 zhai1
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nounbeing a vegetarian; only surviving on vegetables
zaaiˉ¹齋louˏ₅滷meiˊ²味
简 斋卤味
Pinyin: zhai1 lu3 wei4
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nounvegeterian mock meat
zaaiˉ¹齋guˉ¹姑
简 斋姑
Pinyin: zhai1 gu1
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nouna 'vegetarian recluse', a woman who has gone through the Refuge rite of Buddhism without shaving off her hair
zaaiˉ¹齋louˏ₅鹵meiˍ₆味
简 斋卤味
Pinyin: zhai1 lu3 wei4
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nounvegetarian mock meats
zaaiˉ¹齋kapˉ¹噏
简 斋噏
Pinyin: zhai1 xi1
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nounempty talk; all talk and no action [colloquial]