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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

做一天和尚撞一天钟

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
3 to hold a position passively

Sample Sentences

成龙当年就是李小龙的接班人，受到公司的力捧，而且去好莱坞又早。最重要的是他很巧妙地把武术和娱乐融和在一起，所以他电影的受众面比李连杰广。

ChéngLóng dāngnián jiùshì LǐXiǎolóng de jiēbānrén ，shòudào gōngsī de lìpěng ，érqiě qù Hǎoláiwū yòu zǎo 。zuì zhòngyào de shì tā hěn qiǎomiào de bǎ wǔshù hé yúlè rónghé zàiyīqǐ ，suǒyǐ tā diànyǐng de shòuzhòngmiàn bǐ LǐLiánjié guǎng 。

Everybody who watches Jackie Chan's movies just sees the performance aspect. His hand and body movements are very showy, but real experts can tell there's not much depth. And his attacking power is no great shakes.

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