打斋

打齋
dǎzhāi
to beg for (vegetarian) food

CEDICT

  1. (of a monk) to beg for food
  2. to beg for food
  3. to perform a religious ceremony, especially a Taoist ceremony performed at a funeral

Wiktionary

乞化斋饭。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
=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

乞食 qǐshí to beg for food
募缘 mùyuán (of a monk) to beg for food
化斋 huàzhāi to beg for food (of monks)
讨吃 tǎochī to beg for food
讨米 tǎomǐ to beg for food