暮鼓晨钟 — Chinese idiom
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
Traditional: 暮鼓晨鐘
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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