做一天和尚撞一天钟

Traditional: 做一天和尚撞一天鐘

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

Dictionary entry

lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

What does 做一天和尚撞一天钟 mean?

做一天和尚撞一天钟 (zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

2fig. to do one's job mechanically

3to hold a position passively

Character breakdown

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做zuòto make; to produce · to write; to compose 一yīone · single 天tiānday · sky 和héold variant of 和[he2]尚Shàngsurname Shang 撞zhuàngto knock against · to bump into 钟Zhōngsurname Zhong

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How to pronounce 做一天和尚撞一天钟

做一天和尚撞一天钟

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

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