lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
trad. 晨鐘暮鼓
Also written 晨鐘暮鼓【chén zhōng mù gǔ】
Characters in this word
4晨
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morning, dawn, daybreak
- Pinyin
- chén
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 48123 of 2500
钟
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surname Zhong
- Pinyin
- Zhōng
- Traditional
- 鍾
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 6196 of 2500
暮
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evening, sunset
- Pinyin
- mù
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 11014 of 2500
鼓
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old variant of 鼓[gu3]
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Traditional
- 皷
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 12549 of 2500