钟鸣漏尽

Traditional form:

鐘鳴漏盡

Pinyin (reading):

zhōngmínglòujìn

Definitions:

• past one's prime
• in one's declining years

Characters:

• 钟 - clock; bell
• 鸣 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
• 漏 - to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
• 尽 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete

Traditional characters:

• 鐘 - clock; bell
• 鳴 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
• 漏 - to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
• 盡 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete