开荤

Traditional form:

開葷

Pinyin (reading):

kāihūn

Definitions:

• to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
• (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 荤 - non-vegetarian food; garlic; a foul smell

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 葷 - non-vegetarian food; garlic; a foul smell