五荤
五荤
wǔ hūn
(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
Traditional: 五葷
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- (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
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Related Words
五蕴(wǔ yùn)— the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
→八苦(bā kǔ)— the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
→韭菜(jiǔ cài)— garlic chives
→三宝(sān bǎo)— the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)
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