晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

晨钟暮鼓
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chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

凌晨
líng chén
  1. 1 very early in the morning
  2. 2 in the wee hours
早晨
zǎo chén
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
清晨
qīng chén
  1. 1 early morning
今晨
jīn chén
  1. 1 this morning
打鼓
dǎ gǔ
  1. 1 to beat a drum
  2. 2 to play a drum
  3. 3 (fig.) to feel nervous
晨
chén
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 dawn
  3. 3 daybreak
晨报
chén bào
  1. 1 morning newspaper
  2. 2 (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post
晨曦
chén xī
  1. 1 first rays of morning sun
  2. 2 first glimmer of dawn
晨练
chén liàn
  1. 1 morning exercise
暮色
mù sè
  1. 1 twilight
朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
朝朝暮暮
zhāo zhāo mù mù
  1. 1 from dawn to dusk
  2. 2 all the time
鼓
gǔ
  1. 1 old variant of 鼓[gǔ]
锣鼓
luó gǔ
  1. 1 gongs and drums
  2. 2 Chinese percussion instruments
鼓励
gǔ lì
  1. 1 to encourage
鼓掌
gǔ zhǎng
  1. 1 to applaud
  2. 2 to clap
鼓捣
gǔ dao
  1. 1 to tinker with
  2. 2 to incite
鼓楼
gǔ lóu
  1. 1 a drum tower
  2. 2 Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
鼓楼区
Gǔ lóu qū
  1. 1 Drumtower city district (various)
  2. 2 Gulou district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nán jīng shì], Jiangsu
  3. 3 Gulou or Drumtower district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fú zhōu shì], Fujian
鼓浪屿
Gǔ làng yǔ
  1. 1 Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xià mén]

Idioms (20)

一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng
  1. 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
  2. 2 few and far between
  3. 3 sparse
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
擂鼓鸣金
léi gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back
击鼓鸣金
jī gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back
旗鼓相当
qí gǔ xiāng dāng
  1. 1 lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched
  2. 2 roughly comparable (opponents)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮色苍茫
mù sè cāng máng
  1. 1 the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì
  1. 1 lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
  2. 2 indecisive
  3. 3 to blow hot and cold
朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
朝秦暮楚
zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
  1. 1 serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
朝露暮霭
zhāo lù mù ǎi
  1. 1 morning dew, evening mist (idiom); ephemeral
  2. 2 impermanent
桴鼓相应
fú gǔ xiāng yìng
  1. 1 lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts
  2. 2 closely interrelated
欢欣鼓舞
huān xīn gǔ wǔ
  1. 1 elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed
牝鸡司晨
pìn jī sī chén
  1. 1 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
  2. 2 women meddle in politics
  3. 3 The female wears the trousers.
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
  1. 1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. completely in the dark
听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
  1. 1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)

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