做一天和尚撞一天鐘

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

to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

day / sky / heaven

old variant of 和[he2]

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]

to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

old variant of 和[he2] / harmonious

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese

Buddhist monk

still / yet / to value / to esteem

to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident

clock / o'clock / time as measured in hours and minutes / bell / CL:架[jia4],座[zuo4]