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做一天和尚撞一天钟

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

9-character word Traditional 做一天和尚撞一天鐘

What 做一天和尚撞一天钟 means

1. lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
2. fig. to do one's job mechanically
3. to hold a position passively

The characters in 做一天和尚撞一天钟

• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 尚shàngstill; yet; to value
• 撞zhuàngto knock against; to bump into; to run into
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟

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