做一天和尚撞一天鐘

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

Character by character

• 做(zuò)make
• 一(yī)one
• 天(tiān)day
• 和(hé)and
• 尚(shang)surname Shang
• 撞(zhuàng)knock against
• 一(yī)one
• 天(tiān)day
• 鐘(zhōng)a (large) bell