| Traditional Chinese: 聞雞起舞Simplified Chinese: 闻鸡起舞Pinyin: wén jī qǐ wǔ Jyutping: man4 gai1 hei2 mou5 Cangjie: ANSJ + BKOG + GORU + OTNIQ Etymology: 648 Fang Xuanling ed., Book of Jin, Biography of Zu Ti Based on a story in his biography in which Zu Ti would get up with the sound of the roosters in order to practice his martial arts. Literally: get up and do (sword) practice upon hearing the roosters (crow) Meaning: Be a go getter; be a self-starter (Wiktionary) 聞= hear, smell, make known, news 雞= chickens, domestic fowl 起= rise, stand up, go up, begin 舞= dance, posture, prance, brandish |