as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively
路霸
lù bà
brigand / (modern) uncivil driver / road hog / (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll / (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place
鸣钟
míng zhōng
to toll a bell
买路钱
mǎi lù qián
money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage / illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession