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
as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); to do one's job mechanically; to hold a position passively
idiomverb
Traditional: 做一天和尚，撞一天鐘
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- (idiom, verb) as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); to do one's job mechanically
- to hold a position passively
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Related Words
鸣钟(míng zhōng)· to toll a bell
→一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)· lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
→一个萝卜一个坑(yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng)· lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)· one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
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