当一天和尚撞一天钟

當一天和尚撞一天鐘
dāngyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng
see 做一天和尚撞一天钟 zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng

CEDICT

身在此行业，不得不做事。有无可奈何，勉强从事的意思。如：「别抱怨了！我们也不过是当一天和尚撞一天钟罢了！」也作「做一天和尚撞一天钟」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 当 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=1 当 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
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