半路出家
Traditional form:
半路出家
Pinyin (reading):
bànlù-chūjiā
Definitions:
- lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom)
- fig. to change one's career; to take up a new line of work or specialization; to enter a profession from a different background
Characters:
- 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
- 路 - road, path, street; journey
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
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