半路出家 — Chinese idiom
半路出家
bàn lù chū jiā
Meaning
- (lit.) to enter monastic life at a mature age
- (fig.) to change one's career; to take up a new line of work or specialization; to enter a profession from a different background
Character by character
- 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
Idioms sharing a character
- 一官半职 yī guān bàn zhí
- 一时半刻 yī shí bàn kè
- 一男半女 yī nán bàn nǚ
- 一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě
- 一鳞半爪 yī lín bàn zhǎo
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 半信半疑 bàn xìn bàn yí
- 半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù
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