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葷fan1菜coi3

simp荤菜
fan1 coi3hūn cài

English

  1. non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
  2. originally refers to the five pungent plants that are banned in a diet advocated by Buddhism; now commonly covers all non-vegetarian dishes

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 原本指「五辛」（即大蒜、葱、薤、韭菜、阿魏）呢五種佛家認為會影響性情而禁食嘅植物；而家會兼指肉、蛋等等非素菜食材（量詞：碟）

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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