鸣钟
míng zhōng
Pinyin

Definition

鸣钟
 - 
míng zhōng
  1. to toll a bell

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
钟
zhōng
  1. 1 clock
  2. 2 o'clock
  3. 3 time as measured in hours and minutes
  4. 4 bell
  5. 5 CL:架[jià],座[zuò]
闹钟
nào zhōng
  1. 1 alarm clock
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
共鸣
gòng míng
  1. 1 resonance (physics)
  2. 2 sympathetic response to sth
时钟
shí zhōng
  1. 1 clock
生物钟
shēng wù zhōng
  1. 1 biological clock
秒钟
miǎo zhōng
  1. 1 (time) second
耳鸣
ěr míng
  1. 1 tinnitus
钟楼
Zhōng lóu
  1. 1 Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[Cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu
钟表
zhōng biǎo
  1. 1 clock
钟头
zhōng tóu
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
钟点
zhōng diǎn
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 specified time
鸣
míng
  1. 1 to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
  2. 2 to make a sound
  3. 3 to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
鸣谢
míng xiè
  1. 1 to express gratitude (esp. in public)
  2. 2 vote of thanks
点钟
diǎn zhōng
  1. 1 (indicating time of day) o'clock
不平则鸣
bù píng zé míng
  1. 1 where there is injustice, there will be an outcry
  2. 2 man will cry out against injustice
哀鸣
āi míng
  1. 1 (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
  2. 2 whine
  3. 3 moan
  4. 4 wail
丧钟
sāng zhōng
  1. 1 knell
嘶鸣
sī míng
  1. 1 to whinny (of a horse)
  2. 2 to neigh

Idioms (16)

一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
  1. 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
  3. 3 to hold a position passively
擂鼓鸣金
léi gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back
击鼓鸣金
jī gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
牝鸡牡鸣
pìn jī mǔ míng
  1. 1 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
  2. 2 women meddle in politics
  3. 3 The female wears the trousers.
百家争鸣
bǎi jiā zhēng míng
  1. 1 a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
百花齐放，百家争鸣
bǎi huā qí fàng , bǎi jiā zhēng míng
  1. 1 a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
篝火狐鸣
gōu huǒ hú míng
  1. 1 to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion
  2. 2 an uprising is afoot (idiom)
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
鸡鸣狗盗
jī míng gǒu dào
  1. 1 crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 bag of tricks
  3. 3 useful talents
鸣金收兵
míng jīn shōu bīng
  1. 1 to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
鸣金收军
míng jīn shōu jūn
  1. 1 to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
  1. 1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. 2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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