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半路出家
  bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1   jyutping
  ban4 lu4 chu1 jia1   pinyin
without solid foundation; switch to a job one was not trained for

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
半路出家

This word has been viewed 1935 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 2nd Apr 2006 05:18 and last edited on 4th May 2009 05:28
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Characters in this word:

 bun3  -  half
 lou6  -  road; path; way; means; line
 ceot1  -  go out; show up; exceed; put up; produce
 gaa1  -  home; family; specialist
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