当一天和尚撞一天钟

Traditional form:

當一天和尚撞一天鐘

Pinyin (reading):

dāngyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng

Definitions:

• see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘／做一天和尚撞一天钟 (zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng)

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 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:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 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