做一天和尚撞一天鐘 zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

fig. to do one's job mechanically

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
to do; to make; to engage in
one; 1; single
day; sky; heaven
and; with; together with
still; yet; to value
to bump into; to knock against; to run into
one; 1; single
day; sky; heaven
clock; o'clock; bell