become a monk or nun late in life

become a monk or nun late in life

Half way monk, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à NL à ch à Ji à, which means not to be a monk, nun or Taoist until you are old. It originally refers to becoming a monk or nun only after adulthood. It's from the popular novel of jingben: Cui Ning.

The origin of Idioms

In the popular novel of jingben, Cui Ning was wrongly beheaded: "I studied before, but later I found it difficult, but I changed my business. It's a half way monk. "

Idiom story

The emperor of the Song Dynasty worshipped the Buddha in Haotian temple and was besieged by Liao soldiers. Yang linggong led his seven sons to rescue him. Three of them died in the war and one was missing. Later, he was framed by Marshal pan Renmei in the Liao war. Only Yang LIULANG survived in the Yang family. On the way back, Yang Wulang came forward to save Yang LIULANG because he was defeated and became a monk.

Analysis of Idioms

He is well-trained and trained

Idiom usage

He didn't pay attention to the expert's sneer. He wrote, changed and wrote. Finally, he wrote a good work and became a promising writer. Gong Jindu's "long and short records"