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半路出家 (bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

半路出家 (bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1, bàn lù chū jiā) — (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

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 半世人 (bun3 sai3 jan4) — Half of a lifetime
• 半世 (bun3 sai3) — half a lifetime
• 半個鐘 (bun3 go3 zung1) — Half an hour
• 半勒卡 (bun3 lak6 kaa1) — halfway; somewhere in between
• 半 (bun3) — (adjective) middle; half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half; in th…
• 半吞半吐 (bun3 tan1 bun3 tou3) — mutter and mumble; indirectly spoken

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