出 家

to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun

Example sentences

汤姆(Tom)决定出家为僧。

tāng mǔ (Tom) jué dìng chū jiā wèi sēng.

Tom decided to become a monk.

Appears in

半路出家bàn lù chū jiā(lit.) to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom)出家人chū jiā rénmonk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)