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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *素* | 素* | *素
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
to eat a vegetarian diet
to be a vegetarian
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
(adjective) lacto-vegetarian
vegetarian
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
vegetarian meal / vegetarian diet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荤* | 荤* | *荤
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene
vegetarian food
non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
ovo-lacto vegetarian
to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast
ovo-lacto vegetarian
vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha
vegetarian meat substitute
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斋* | 斋* | *斋
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
plain; ordinary / vegan; vegetarian
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
to beg for (vegetarian) food


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