半路出家 in English ban4 lu4 chu1 jia1 Meaning

Meanings

  • switch to a job one was not trained for

Simplified Characters

半 路 出 家

Traditional Characters

半 路 出 家

Pinyin

ban4 lu4 chu1 jia1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

半ban4half 路lu4surname Lu 出chu1to go out 家jia1see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]