| 做一天和尚撞一天钟 |
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng |
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively |
| 做 |
zuò |
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天和 |
tiān hú |
(mahjong) heavenly hand; a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand |
| 和 |
hé |
old variant of 和 |
| 和 |
Hé |
surname He |
| 和 |
hé |
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese |
| 和 |
hè |
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others |
| 和 |
hú |
to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards |
| 和 |
huó |
to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4] |
| 和 |
huò |
to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs |
| 和 |
hé |
(literary) harmonious (variant of 和) |
| 和尚 |
hé shang |
Buddhist monk |
| 尚 |
Shàng |
surname Shang |
| 尚 |
shàng |
still / yet / to value / to esteem |
| 撞 |
zhuàng |
to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 钟 |
Zhōng |
surname Zhong |
| 钟 |
zhōng |
handleless cup; goblet / (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) / variant of 钟 |
| 钟 |
zhōng |
a (large) bell (CL:架) / clock (CL:座) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:点,分,秒) (as in 三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分钟 "five minutes" etc) |