半路出家 bànlùchūjiā

bànlùchūjiā set phrase switch to a job one was not trained for
Domain: Idiom 成语 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '半路出家')

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• Memories of Sympathetic Response to Buddhas and bodhisattvas與佛菩薩感應記 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 2 - Life 2 《百年佛緣2－生活篇2》 — count: 1
• Lecture 2: Renunciation and Liberation 第二講．出家得度 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》 — count: 1