半路出家

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Chinese

		halfway; midway; on the way halfway; midway; on the way; the middle	to leave home to become monk or nun
simp. and trad. (半路出家)		半路	出家
Literally: “to become a monk or nun late in life”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànlùchūjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ lou⁶ ceot¹ gaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànlùchūjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànlùchujia
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-lu⁴-chʻu¹-chia¹
  - Yale: bàn-lù-chū-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannluhchujia
  - Palladius: баньлучуцзя (banʹlučuczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ lou⁶ ceot¹ gaa¹
  - Yale: bun louh chēut gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ lou⁶ tsoet⁷ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ lou⁶ cêd¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ lou̯²² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Idiom

半路出家

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

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