sì xún zhāi

Traditional: 四旬齋

四旬斋 (sì xún zhāi) is a Chinese word meaning “Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)”.

Meanings

  1. 1Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

Characters in 四旬斋

四sì · four旬xún · (bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2])斋zhāi · to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc

Related words

四four四处all over the place四周all around周四Thursday星期四Thursday四十forty四分之一one-quarter十四fourteen; 14四月April四肢the four limbs of the body四季four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]说三道四to make thoughtless remarks (idiom)

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