"聞雞起舞" meaning in 漢語

See 聞雞起舞 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /wən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 闻鸡起舞 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: 出自《晉書·卷六十二 列傳第三十二·祖逖傳》:
  1. 胸懷大志者及時自我鞭策向上
    Sense id: zh-聞雞起舞-zh-phrase-8plE9aQb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 雞鳴起舞 (jīmíngqǐwǔ) [Traditional-Chinese], 鸡鸣起舞 (jīmíngqǐwǔ) [Simplified-Chinese] Related terms: 猛著祖鞭 (měngzhuózǔbiān)
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      "translation": "[祖逖]和司空劉琨同時擔任司州主簿,兩人關係親密,晚上一起睡覺。[有一次,祖逖]在半夜時分聽見公雞打鳴,就踢醒劉琨,對他說:「這可不是不詳的聲音啊。」於是兩人起床開始練習舞劍。"
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  "etymology_text": "出自《晉書·卷六十二 列傳第三十二·祖逖傳》:",
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      "zh_pron": "wên²-chi¹-chʻi³-wu³"
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        "Yale"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "man⁴ gai¹ hei² mou⁵"
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        "廣州–香港話"
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      "zh_pron": "màhn gāi héi móuh"
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      "zh_pron": "men⁴ gei¹ héi² mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/",
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      "word": "雞鳴起舞"
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      "roman": "jīmíngqǐwǔ",
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      "word": "鸡鸣起舞"
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  "word": "聞雞起舞"
}
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    "帶「舞」的漢語詞",
    "帶「起」的漢語詞",
    "帶「雞」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
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      "translation": "[祖逖]和司空劉琨同時擔任司州主簿,兩人關係親密,晚上一起睡覺。[有一次,祖逖]在半夜時分聽見公雞打鳴,就踢醒劉琨,對他說:「這可不是不詳的聲音啊。」於是兩人起床開始練習舞劍。"
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      "text": "与司空刘琨俱为司州主簿,情好绸缪,共被同寝。中夜闻荒鸡鸣,蹴琨觉曰:「此非恶声也。」因起舞。",
      "translation": "[祖逖]和司空劉琨同時擔任司州主簿,兩人關係親密,晚上一起睡覺。[有一次,祖逖]在半夜時分聽見公雞打鳴,就踢醒劉琨,對他說:「這可不是不詳的聲音啊。」於是兩人起床開始練習舞劍。"
    }
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  "literal_meaning": "聽到公雞的打鳴聲,就起來練習舞劍",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "wénjīqǐwǔ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ gai¹ hei² mou⁵"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénjīqǐwǔ [實際讀音:wénjīqíwǔ]"
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    {
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        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ"
    },
    {
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        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnjicǐwǔ"
    },
    {
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        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wên²-chi¹-chʻi³-wu³"
    },
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        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wén-jī-chǐ-wǔ"
    },
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        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wenjichiiwuu"
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    {
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        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh_pron": "вэньцзициу (vɛnʹcziciu)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ gai¹ hei² mou⁵"
    },
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
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        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "màhn gāi héi móuh"
    },
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "man⁴ gai¹ hei² mou⁵"
    },
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "men⁴ gei¹ héi² mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/",
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        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jīmíngqǐwǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "雞鳴起舞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīmíngqǐwǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "鸡鸣起舞"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "聞雞起舞"
}

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