晨钟暮鼓
Traditional form:
晨鐘暮鼓
Pinyin (reading):
chénzhōngmùgǔ
Definitions:
- lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
Characters:
- 晨 - dawn, early morning
- 钟 - clock; bell
- 暮 - dusk, evening, sunset; ending
- 鼓 - drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
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