撞钟 (zhuàng zhōng) — to strike a bell, to toll a bell; (figurative) to go through the motions, to do one's job without passion (from the idiom 做一天和尚撞一天钟)
Definition
撞钟 literally means to strike a bell (as monks do in temples). It also appears in the idiom 做一天和尚撞一天钟, meaning to go through the motions at work without real effort.
verb
to strike a bellto toll a bell(figurative) to go through the motionsto do one's job without passion (from the idiom 做一天和尚撞一天钟)
Examples
- ，撞钟。Měi tiān qīng chén, sì lǐ de hé shàng dōu huì àn shí zhuàng zhōng.Every morning, the monks in the temple toll the bell on time.
- ，。Tā jué de zì jǐ kuài tuì xiū le, gōng zuò zhǐ shì zuò yì tiān hé shàng zhuàng yì tiān zhōng.He felt he was about to retire and was just going through the motions at work.
- ，。Zhè zuò gǔ zhōng hěn dà, xū yào hǎo jǐ gè rén yì qǐ cái néng zhuàng xiǎng yí cì zhōng.This ancient bell is very large; it takes several people together to strike it once.
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