晨钟暮鼓 — Chinese idiom
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
Traditional: 晨鐘暮鼓
Meaning
- lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice ; fig. encouragement to study or progress
Character by character
- 晨chéndawn, early morning
- 钟zhōngclock; bell
- 暮mùdusk, evening, sunset; ending
- 鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
Idioms sharing a character
- 寥若晨星 liáo ruò chén xīng
- 暮鼓晨钟 mù gǔ chén zhōng
- 牝鸡司晨 pìn jī sī chén
- 一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng
- 老态龙钟 lǎo tài lóng zhōng
- 钟灵毓秀 zhōng líng yù xiù
- 日暮途穷 rì mù tú qióng
- 暮色苍茫 mù sè cāng máng
- 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì
- 朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng
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