暮鼓晨钟 mù gǔ chén zhōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. the passage of time in a disciplined existence

CHARACTERS

暮 mù evening, dusk, sunset; ending
鼓 gǔ
HSK 4
drum; beat, top, strike
晨 chén
HSK 6
early morning, daybreak
钟 zhōng
HSK 1
clock; bell