四 旬 斋

sì xún zhāidictionary entry

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

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Original source entry:

四旬齋四旬斋 [si4 xun2 zhai1] /Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)/

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Other forms in these source records: 四旬齋

四
sì
four / 4
旬
xún
(bound form) ten-day period / one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shàng xún]) / (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liù xún] "sixty years old")
斋
zhāi
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)

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