當一天和尚撞一天鐘

当一天和尚撞一天钟
dāngyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng
see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘 zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng

CEDICT

身在此行業，不得不做事。有無可奈何，勉強從事的意思。如：「別抱怨了！我們也不過是當一天和尚撞一天鐘罷了！」也作「做一天和尚撞一天鐘」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 當 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 鐘 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