to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet; (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
trad. 開葷
Also written 開葷【kāi hūn】
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Traditional
- 開
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 467 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