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做一天和尚撞一天钟

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 做一天和尚撞一天钟

尚
shàng

still

天
tiān

day

和
hú

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

钟
zhōng

clock

和
huò

to mix (ingredients) together

和
hè

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence

一
yī

one

撞
zhuàng

to knock against

和尚
hé shang

Buddhist monk

做
zuò

to make; to produce

和
huó

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water

和
hé

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])