(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
trad. 五葷
Also written 五葷【wǔ hūn】
Characters in this word
2五
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five, 5
- Pinyin
- wǔ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1999 of 2500
荤
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strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc), non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc), vulgar, obscene
- Pinyin
- hūn
- Traditional
- 葷
- Strokes
- 9