做一天和尚撞一天钟

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

fig. to do one's job mechanically; to hold a position passively

做

zuò

to make; to produce

一

yī

one

天

tiān

day

和

hé

(literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])

尚

shang

still

撞

zhuàng

to knock against

一

yī

one

天

tiān

day

钟

zhōng

handleless cup; goblet