To be a monk for one day and strike a clock for one day(zuò yī rì hé shàng zhuàng yī tiān zhōng)

To be a monk for one day and strike a clock for one day

Basic definition

To be a monk for one day and strike a clock for one day

[Hanyu Pinyin]: Zu ò y ī R ì h é sh à ngzhu à ngy ī Ti ā nzh ō ng

Every day counts as a day. Do as usual. It refers to being perfunctory and muddling along. There is also a sense of helplessness and reluctance. Describe the attitude of muddling along.

[explanation of words]: it can also express the state of mind of not caring about things.

Detailed explanation of Idioms

Idiom nature: derogatory words

To be a monk for a day, to hit the clock for a day, to muddle along and to muddle through

Go on olling the bell as long as on EI samonk

Take a negative attitude to work

Do one's job functionally

Do the least that is expected of one

Follow the routine

6. Pottratone's cultivation

Category: colloquial category

[source]: Chapter 16 of a journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "the traveler lost his bell and pestle, and said with a smile," you know at that time, I was a monk who bumped into the clock every day. "

Usage: used as predicate, object, attribute and clause

People should have ideals and achievements when they are alive. They should never be a monk every day.

2. Do not work seriously, no certain plan, no certain direction, perfunctory, muddle along, do a day monk hit a day clock. 3. Those who muddle along without any pressure are like ships without cargo in a storm. They are often overturned by a storm of life.

Related references

[example 1]:

The 25th chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom: what's the use of keeping me! It's just like the saying goes, "be a monk for one day and hit a clock for one day."! Even if you work hard, you can't do a good job. "

[example 2]:

The 44th chapter of Li Baojia's a brief history of civilization in Qing Dynasty: "as long as we are monks every day and hit the clock every day, as long as we don't like the old nave in the past and are scolded as traitors, I will get it."

[example 3]:

Perfunctory, muddle along, ~. Mao Zedong's against liberalism

[example 4]:

Mao Dun's Midnight: "I've already quit my job. Boss Wu hasn't agreed yet, so I have to ~"

The origin of Idioms

The sixteenth chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "the monk had to enter the Mountain Gate with Sanzang and the traveler. In the gate of the mountain, there are four characters written on the main hall, which are "Guanyin Temple". Sanzang was also overjoyed and said, "I have felt the Bodhisattva's kindness for many times, but I can't give thanks. Now when I meet a Buddhist temple, it's like seeing a Bodhisattva. I'm very grateful." After hearing this, the monk ordered the Taoist to open the door of the hall and invite Sanzang to worship. The traveler tied his horse, lost his luggage and went to the temple with Sanzang. Sanzang unfolds his back and relaxes his body. He opens his chest to the ground, looks at the golden statue and kowtows. The monk went to play the drum, and the traveler went to strike the bell. Sanzang fell down in front of the stage and prayed with all his heart. At the end of praying, the monk stopped beating the drum, and the traveler just kept hitting the bell, either fast or slow, for a long time. The humanitarian way: "worship has been finished, but also hit the clock how?" Walker Fang lost the bell pestle and said with a smile, "you know there! I'm a monk who bumps into a clock every day."

Chinese PinYin : zuò yī rì hé shàng zhuàng yī tiān zhōng