半路出家

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 ㄔㄨ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ lou⁶ ceot¹ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànlùchūjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • 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

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