That's why many people take things one step at a time. Some open up a herbal medicine dispensary at home, so that they will have something to fall back on if they don't pass all the exams. If they don't think it is below them, in Taiwan they may be able to earn more from practicing traditional folk remedies such as massage and cupping than from TCM.
所以很多人都是走一步算一步，有人家裡開中藥行，大不了回家賣藥；如果放得下身段，在台灣從事推拿、拔罐等民俗療法的收入可能比中醫還好。