闻鸡起舞 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 聞雞起舞 wénjīqǐwǔ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) to be diligent in one's studies Character by character 闻(wén)surname Wen 鸡(jī)fowl 起(qǐ)rise 舞(wǔ)dance A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0