暮鼓晨钟 [暮鼓晨鐘] - lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice, the passage of time in a disciplined existence - mù gǔ chén zhōng | Definition | ChinesePod.com

暮鼓晨钟 (暮鼓晨鐘)

mù gǔ chén zhōng

Pinyin

Definition

暮鼓晨钟 (暮鼓晨鐘)

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mù gǔ chén zhōng

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

líng chén

1 very early in the morning
2 in the wee hours

zǎo chén

1 early morning
2 classifier: 个 gè

qīng chén

1 early morning

jīn chén

1 this morning

dǎ gǔ

1 to beat a drum
2 to play a drum
3 (fig.) to feel nervous

Idioms (20)

一日之计在于晨

yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén

1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
2 early morning is the golden time of the day

偃旗息鼓

yǎn qí xī gǔ

1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
2 to give in

寥若晨星

liáo ruò chén xīng

1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
2 few and far between
3 sparse

打退堂鼓

dǎ tuì táng gǔ

1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
2 fig. to give up
3 to turn tail

擂鼓鸣金

léi gǔ míng jīn

1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
2 to egg people on or to call them back