荤辛

Traditional form:

葷辛

Pinyin (reading):

hūnxīn

Definitions:

• very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)

Characters:

• 荤 - non-vegetarian food; garlic; a foul smell
• 辛 - bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

Traditional characters:

• 葷 - non-vegetarian food; garlic; a foul smell
• 辛 - bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem