做一天和尚撞一天钟

Traditional form:

做一天和尚撞一天鐘

Pinyin (reading):

zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng

Definitions:

• lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
• fig. to do one's job mechanically
• to hold a position passively

Characters:

• 做 - to work, to make; to act
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 钟 - clock; bell

Traditional characters:

• 做 - to work, to make; to act
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 鐘 - clock; bell