做一天和尚撞一天钟

做一天和尚撞一天鐘
zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng
  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

CEDICT

to do the least that is expected; to do the absolute minimum; to not put oneself out

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 做 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
2 一天 yītiān
  1. (colloquial) the whole day
  2. one day (twenty-four hours)
  3. someday; one day
  4. the entire daytime of one day
  5. the whole day
3 和尚 héshang Buddhist monk
4 撞 zhuàng
  1. to knock against
  2. to bump into
  3. to run into
  4. to meet by accident
5 一天 yītiān
  1. (colloquial) the whole day
  2. one day (twenty-four hours)
  3. someday; one day
  4. the entire daytime of one day
  5. the whole day
=6 钟 zhōng
  1. handleless cup; goblet
  2. (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
  3. variant of 钟 zhōng
=6 钟 zhōng
  1. (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 鍾 /钟 (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
  4. bell (Classifier: 架; 座)
  5. clock (Classifier: 架; 座)
  6. metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  7. time measured in hours and minutes

classifiers: 架, 座, 點, 分, 秒