大斋

大齋
dàzhāi
  1. to fast
  2. to abstain from food

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=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)

Containing this entry

大斋期 dàzhāiqī Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
大斋节 dàzhāijié
  1. great fast
  2. Christian lent
大斋期 Dàzhāiqī

Related entries

守斋 shǒuzhāi to fast
断食 duànshí
  1. to fast
  2. hunger strike
禁食 jìnshí
  1. to fast
  2. to abstain from eating
  3. to forbid the eating of (certain foods)
  4. a fast
你上次禁食是什么时候？

When was the last time you fasted?

Source: Tatoeba