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fast; abstain from meat

only; plain; simply

room/building for study

vegetarian diet/meal

(adjective) 1. Simply; 2. Only (because of less interests, activities, etc.)

vegetarian dishes

perform Taoist or Buddhist rites

black coffee

(noun) (of beverage) a coffee without milk and sugar: a black coffee

dance with a member of the same sex for lack of someone of the opposite sex

taste the first success; break a losing streak

win first point/game; score first goal; maiden victory

quit a vegetarian diet; [Islam] come to the end of Ramadan

make use of or do sth for the first time

to break a drought (scoring the first point, closing the first deal, receive the first speeding ticket etc.)(Cantonese)

to show a lack of gratitude; to drop sth when no longer needed

(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

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

just as what (sb) has said/told (indicating that what sb has said is worth noting)

(slang) as one has said

as the saying has it [also] 俗語有話 in Cantonese or 俗語有云 in Mandarin

a vegetarian (typically Buddhist)

1. adopt a long term vegetarian diet 2. to refrain from doing sth. on a long term basis

private study; room for observing religious abstinence before worship

bad friends who talk others into bad addiction (drug, gambling, prostitution)

confusion, chaos

a mess

to break a resolution because of a lack of self-discipline

end a period of abstention (Lent, Ramadan, etc); break a resolution; to break a precept; to breach the principles

a single-sex school

(old) private school 私塾

a special vegetarian dish

stewed mixed vegetables

to be a vegetarian; to practise vegetarianism; to abstain from meat | Mand.: 吃素

to be a vegetarian

vegetarian rice roll

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

window shopping; just to look but not buy

vegetarian's dishes

vegetarian shop / store

a vegetarian store