半路出家

Chinese
 
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
 road; path; way
 
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad.
(半路出家)		 半 路 出 家
Literally: “to become a monk or nun late in life”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

半路出家

  1. to switch to a job was not trained for; to change professions completely
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