吃斋

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

CEDICT

  1. (of Buddhist monks and nuns) to have a meal; to eat
  2. to abstain from meat; to be a vegetarian
  3. to have a meal; to eat

Wiktionary

  1. 吃素食，不吃肉食荤腥。元．张国宾《合汗衫．第三折》：「下官不必吃斋，只等贫难的人来时，老和尚与我散斋者。」《红楼梦．第二八回》：「我今儿吃斋，你正经吃你的去罢。」也作「吃素」。
  2. 专指僧人吃饭。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=1 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
=2 斋 zhāi old variant of 斋 zhāi
=2 斋 zhāi
  1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
  2. vegetarian diet
  3. study room
  4. building
  5. to give alms (to a monk)

Related entries

吃素 chīsù to be a vegetarian