钟 鸣 漏 尽

zhōng míng lòu jìndictionary entry

past one's prime / in one's declining years

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

鐘鳴漏盡钟鸣漏尽 [zhong1 ming2 lou4 jin4] /past one's prime/in one's declining years/

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Other forms in these source records: 鐘鳴漏盡

钟
zhōng
handleless cup / goblet / (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) / a (large) bell (CL:架[jià]) / clock (CL:座[zuò]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[diǎn],分[fēn],秒[miǎo]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[sān diǎn zhōng] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wǔ fēn zhōng] "five minutes" etc)
Zhōng
surname Zhong
鸣
míng
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
漏
lòu
to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old)
尽
jǐn
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to
jìn
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

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