半路出家
Chinese
- half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
road; path; way to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schoolssimp. and trad.
(半路出家)半 路 出 家 Literally: “to become a monk or nun late in life”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄐㄧㄚ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannluhchujia
- IPA (key): /pa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1
- Yale: bun louh chēut gā
- Cantonese Pinyin: bun3 lou6 tsoet7 gaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: bun3 lou6 cêd1 ga1
- IPA (key): /puːn³³ lou̯²² t͡ɕʰɵt̚⁵ kɑː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
半路出家
- to switch to a job was not trained for; to change professions completely
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