Practice halfway
Half way cultivation is an idiom, Pinyin is B à NL à Xi à x í ng, which originally means to become a monk or nun only after adulthood. It's a metaphor for changing one's career in the middle of a journey and taking up another job. It's from "a sketch of wanchuang · a Book of slang poems".
The origin of Idioms
See "becoming a monk on the way.".
Idiom usage
Begin to do sth in the middle of the way.
Examples
Mr. Mao lumen is good at writing at home He is fond of writing poems in the evening and calls himself ~. Ming Dynasty, Zhu Guozhen
Chinese PinYin : bàn lù xiū xíng
Practice halfway
talk till one's tongue and lips are parched. chún jiāo shé bì
on entering a country , inquire about its customs. rù bāng wèn sú
Abandon the false and follow the true. qì wěi cóng zhēn
Take advantage of the situation. chéng shì shǐ qì
console oneself with soothing remarks. zì wǒ jiě cháo
refuse rewards and resign from office. fēng jīn guà yìn