吃斋chī∥zhāi 1.same as吃素{chīsù}①: ～念佛{abstain from meat and fish and chant Buddhist scriptures}|吃长斋。{practise a lifelong abstinence from meat and fish} 2.(和尚)吃饭。{(of monks) have a meal} 3.(非出家人)在寺院吃饭。{(of lay people) have a vegetarian meal at a Buddhist temple}