开斋

開齋
kāizhāi
  1. to stop following a vegetarian diet
  2. to break a fast

CEDICT

  1. (Islam) to come to the end of Ramadan
  2. (religion) to resume a meat diet
  3. to come to the end of Ramadan
  4. to resume a meat diet

Wiktionary

  1. 解除吃素戒律，开始食用酒肉荤腥。《红楼梦．第六二回》：「如今学了这劳什子，他们说怕坏嗓子，几年也没闻见。趁今儿，我是要开斋了。」也作「开荤」、「开素」。
  2. 出家人破戒杀人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 开 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format
=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

开斋节 Kāizhāijié (Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan