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出家
chūjiā
Description
“出家”的意思是离开家庭，去做和尚或者尼姑，专心修行佛教。
"出家" means leaving one's family to become a monk or nun and focus on Buddhist practice.
很多人出家以后住在寺庙里，不再结婚。
Many people who 出家 live in temples and no longer marry.
Meanings
出家chūjiā
to become a monk or nun; renounce worldly life
他二十岁就出家当了和尚。
He became a monk at the age of twenty.
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Notes
- Etymology
出 (to leave) + 家 (home/family), literally "to leave the home" for religious life.
- Nuance
specific to Buddhist (or Daoist) renunciation, not just moving out of one's house.
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