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半路出家 半路出家 [[ban4lu4-chu1jia1]] /(lit.) to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom)/(fig.) to change one's career; to take up a new line of work or specialization; to enter a profession from a different background/ 71 2
出家 出家 [[chu1jia1]] /to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun/ 968 2
出家人 出家人 [[chu1jia1ren2]] /monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)/ 885 2
在家 在家 [[zai4jia1]] /to be at home/(at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1])/(Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1])/ 968 2

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