出家
ceot1 gaa1chū jiā
English
- to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
- to leave family life and fully devote oneself to spiritual work; usually refers to becoming a monk, but it is not necessarily limited to Buddhism
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指出離家庭生活,專心修行,泛指做和尚、尼姑;但其實唔一定限於佛教
Examples
汤姆(Tom)决定出家为僧。
Tom decided to become a monk.
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失戀之後,佢決定出家做和尚。
After his break-up, he decided to become a monk.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk