📖 Meaning
To rise early and work diligently. Seizing the morning to practice and improve oneself.
📜 Origin Story
Zu Ti and Liu Kun, friends in the Jin Dynasty, would rise at the first cockcrow to practice sword dancing, determined to serve their country.
💡 Example Usage
他每天闻鸡起舞，刻苦训练。
He rises at the rooster's crow every day and trains diligently.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 闻鸡起舞
- Pinyin: wén jī qǐ wǔ
- Literal Translation: hear rooster, rise to dance
- Category: Perseverance
- Characters: 4