| 暮鼓晨钟 |
mù gǔ chén zhōng |
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence |
| 暮 |
mù |
evening / sunset |
| 鼓 |
gǔ |
old variant of 鼓 |
| 鼓 |
gǔ |
drum / CL:通,面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell |
| 晨 |
chén |
morning / dawn / daybreak |
| 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) |