闻鸡起舞 — Chinese idiom
闻鸡起舞
wén jī qǐ wǔ
Traditional: 聞雞起舞
Meaning
- to start practicing at the first crow of the cock
- to be diligent in one's studies
Character by character
- 闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
- 鸡jīchicken
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 舞wǔto dance; to brandish
Idioms sharing a character
- 不闻不问 bù wén bù wèn
- 充耳不闻 chōng ěr bù wén
- 前所未闻 qián suǒ wèi wén
- 博物洽闻 bó wù qià wén
- 博识洽闻 bó shí qià wén
- 喜闻乐见 xǐ wén lè jiàn
- 如是我闻 rú shì wǒ wén
- 惨不忍闻 cǎn bù rěn wén
- 所见所闻 suǒ jiàn suǒ wén
- 旷古未闻 kuàng gǔ wèi wén
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