开斋

Traditional form:

開齋

Pinyin (reading):

kāizhāi

Definitions:

• to stop following a vegetarian diet
• to break a fast

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 斋 - to fast, to abstain; a vegetarian diet

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 齋 - to fast, to abstain; a vegetarian diet