created sense approved 做一天和尚撞一天钟/做一天和尚撞一天鐘 · zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng · to just get by — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
做一天和尚撞一天钟 / 做一天和尚撞一天鐘
zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng
to just get by
to do one's job mechanically or hold a position passively without any initiative or long-term interest
zuòyītiānhéshàngzhuàngyītiānzhōng
做 (literal) → 做 · zuò · to do 一天 (literal) → 一天 · yītiān · one day 和尚 (literal) → 和尚 · héshang · Buddhist monk 撞 (literal) → 撞 · zhuàng · to strike 一天 (literal) → 一天 · yītiān · one day 钟 (literal) → 钟/鐘 · zhōng · bell
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 做一天和尚撞一天钟/做一天和尚撞一天鐘 · zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng · to do what is expected — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
做一天和尚撞一天钟 / 做一天和尚撞一天鐘
zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng
to do what is expected
to fulfill the duties of one's position for as long as one holds it, often with a sense of resignation or merely doing what one must
zuòyītiānhéshàngzhuàngyītiānzhōng
做 (literal) → 做 · zuò · to do 一天 (literal) → 一天 · yītiān · one day 和尚 (literal) → 和尚 · héshang · Buddhist monk 撞 (literal) → 撞 · zhuàng · to strike 一天 (literal) → 一天 · yītiān · one day 钟 (literal) → 钟/鐘 · zhōng · bell
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition