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Usage of the character 葷

hūn
[葷]
  • strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
  • non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
  • vulgar
  • obscene
xūn
[葷]
  • used in 葷粥/荤粥 ( Xunyū)
kāihūn
开荤
[開葷]
  • to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
  • (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
Xūnyù
荤粥
[葷粥]
  • Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times
hūncài
荤菜
[葷菜]
  • non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
hūnxīng
荤腥
[葷腥]
  • meat and fish
hūnhuà
荤话
[葷話]
  • obscene speech; crude language
yóuhūn
油荤
[油葷]
  • meat foods
hūnsù
荤素
[葷素]
  • meat and vegetable
wǔhūn
五荤
[五葷]
  • (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
hūnyóu
荤油
[葷油]
  • lard
  • animal fat
rúhūn
茹荤
[茹葷]
  • to eat meat
hūnxīn
荤辛
[葷辛]
  • very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
hūnxiàohua
荤笑话
[葷笑話]
  • dirty jokes
  • jokes of a visceral nature
qīhūnbāsù
七荤八素
[七葷八素]
  • confused
  • distracted
yǒuhūnyǒusù
有荤有素
[有葷有素]
  • to include both meat and vegetables
rúhūnyǐnjiǔ
茹荤饮酒
[茹葷飲酒]
  • to eat meat and drink wine