開齋

开斋
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，開始食用酒肉葷腥。《紅樓夢．第六二回》：「如今學了這勞什子，他們說怕壞嗓子，幾年也沒聞見。趁今兒，我是要開齋了。」也作「開葷」、「開素」。
  2. 出家人破戒殺人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 開 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, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
2 齋 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

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