暮鼓晨钟 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. evening drum, morning bell ; fig. Buddhist monastic practice
• the passage of time in a disciplined existence

Character by character

• 暮mùdusk, evening, sunset; ending
• 鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
• 晨chéndawn, early morning
• 钟zhōngclock; bell

Idioms sharing a character

• 日暮途穷 rì mù tú qióng
• 晨钟暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ
• 暮色苍茫 mù sè cāng máng
• 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì
• 朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng
• 朝生暮死 zhāo shēng mù sǐ
• 朝秦暮楚 zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
• 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
• 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
• 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ

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