素食 (sù shí) — vegetarian food; to be a vegetarian, to eat a vegetarian diet
Definition
Refers to a vegetarian diet or the food itself (often as a lifestyle). 蔬菜 means the vegetables themselves — the raw ingredient, not the diet. 素 is a shorter, more literary form of the same idea.
vegetarian foodto be a vegetarianto eat a vegetarian diet
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Examples
- 素食。Zhè jiā chāo shì yǒu xīn xiān de sù shí mài.This supermarket sells fresh vegetarian food.
- 素食。Yuè lái yuè duō de rén xuǎn zé sù shí shēng huó fāng shì.More and more people choose a vegetarian lifestyle.
- 素食。Zhè jiā cān tīng de sù shí wèi dào hěn hǎo.The vegetarian food at this restaurant tastes great.
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