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Trad. 鐘
- a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])
- clock (CL:座[zuo4])
- amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
Trad. 鍾
- handleless cup; goblet
- (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
- variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1]
Trad. 出鐘
- (of a prostitute) to do an outcall
- to accompany a customer to their place
Trad. 鍾繇
- Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kai3 shu1]
Trad. 鐘樓
- bell tower
- campanile
- clock tower
- Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
Trad. 鍾馗
- Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits)
- (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil
Trad. 錢鍾書
- Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城[Wei2 cheng2]
Trad. 分分鐘
- any minute now; in next to no time
- at every minute; constantly
Trad. 吊鐘花
- Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
Trad. 鐘山區
- Zhongshan, a district of Liupanshui City 六盤水市|六盘水市[Liu4 pan2 shui3 Shi4], Guizhou
Trad. 鍾睒睒
- Zhong Shanshan (1954-), Chinese billionaire businessman, the founder and chairperson of Nongfu Spring 農夫山泉|农夫山泉[Nong2 fu1 Shan1 quan2]
Trad. 鐘山縣
- Zhongshan, a county in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi
Trad. 鍾祥市
- Zhongxiang, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 鍾萬學
- Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-)
Trad. 鐘樓區
- Zhonglou, a district of Changzhou City 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
Trad. 鐘鼎文
- bell-cauldron script
- the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
Trad. 一見鍾情
- to fall in love at first sight (idiom)
Trad. 暮鼓晨鐘
- lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
- the passage of time in a disciplined existence
Trad. 情有獨鍾
- to have a special fondness (for sth)
Trad. 晨鐘暮鼓
- lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
Trad. 鍾靈毓秀
- (of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)
Trad. 鐘樓怪人
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]
Trad. 鐘鳴漏盡
- past one's prime
- in one's declining years
Trad. 三分鐘熱度
- brief period of enthusiasm
- flash in the pan
Trad. 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴
- lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
- good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
Trad. 做一天和尚撞一天鐘
- lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
- fig. to do one's job mechanically
- to hold a position passively
Trad. 當一天和尚撞一天鐘
- see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘|做一天和尚撞一天钟[zuo4 yi1 tian1 he2 shang5 zhuang4 yi1 tian1 zhong1]