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半路出家

bàn lù chū jiā

4-character word

What 半路出家 means

1. (lit.) to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom)
2. (fig.) to change one's career; to take up a new line of work or specialization; to enter a profession from a different background

The characters in 半路出家

• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 路lùroad; journey; route
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 家jiāused in 家伙