to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
trad. 齋戒
Also written 齋戒【zhāi jiè】
Characters in this word
2斋
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
- Pinyin
- zhāi
- Traditional
- 亝
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 39754 of 2500
戒
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to guard against, to exhort, to admonish or warn, to give up or stop doing sth, Buddhist monastic discipline, ring (for a finger)
- Pinyin
- jiè
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9892 of 2500