zhāi
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
vegetarian diet
study room
building
to give alms (to a monk)
Liáo zhāi Zhì yì
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
kāi zhāi
to stop following a vegetarian diet
to break a fast
Kāi zhāi jié
Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan
zhāi táng
dining hall in a Buddhist temple
zhāi fàn
food given to Buddhist monks as alms
dà zhāi
to fast
to abstain from food
fēng zhāi
fast (in several religions)
Ramadan (Islam)
see also 齋月|斋月[Zhai1 yue4]
huà zhāi
to beg for food (of monks)
dǎ zhāi
to beg for (vegetarian) food
sì xún zhāi
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
Zhāi jiào
Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
dà zhāi qī
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
zhāi jì
to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
dà zhāi jié
great fast
Christian lent
Dà kāi zhāi
see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2]
chī zhāi
to abstain from eating meat
to be a vegetarian