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HSK
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
desk clock
minute
HSK 2
Big Ben
clock
(of a prostitute) to do an outcall / to accompany a customer to their place
any minute now; in next to no time / at every minute; constantly
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
hour / specified time
alarm bell
HSK 7-9
to clock in for work
atomic clock
pendulum
desk clock
brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan
clock
biological clock
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
stalactite
wall clock
to sound a bell / (of a clock) to chime
mechanical clock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
a (large) bell (CL:) / clock (CL:) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,,) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
stalactite
past one's prime / in one's declining years
knell
bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)
Zhongshan, a district of Liupanshui City 六盤水市|六盘水市, Guizhou
(coll.) hour
HSK 6
a knell
timer / timing clock / alarm clock
digital clock
chiming clock
(indicating time of day) o'clock
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
extravagant lifestyle
Horologium (constellation)
Zhonglou, a district of Changzhou City 常州市, Jiangsu
pendulum clock
quartz clock
clock face
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
(time) second
Zhongshan, a county in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市, Guangxi
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果
alarm clock
HSK 4
clockface
digital clock
past midnight
Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
stalactite
alarm clock
in a matter of seconds / swiftly / rapidly
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)
Admiralty, Hong Kong
hourly worker / hourly job
hotel room rented at an hourly rate
to toll a bell
diabolo (Chinese yo-yo)
bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)
bells
chime


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