1.
Dance when you hear the rooster? [ wén jī qǐ wǔ ]?
Get up and dance with your sword when you hear the rooster crow. Later, it is a metaphor for those who are determined to serve the country and rise up in time.
Source
Song Dynasty Songzhou's "Nian Nujiao·Inscribed on Zhongshan Tower": "Striking the ji and swearing to be clear; hearing the chicken dancing; after all, the hero wins."
2.
Strive for the upper reaches?[ lì zhēng shàng yóu ]?
Upstream: the upper reaches of the river, a metaphor for advanced status. Work hard and strive for advancement and advancement.
3.
Work hard? [ fā fèn tú qiáng ]?
Make up your mind and work hard to pursue progress.
Source
"People's Daily" September 3, 1959: "Working hard and being self-reliant certainly play an extremely important role in changing the poverty and backwardness of the backward teams."< /p>
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Keep up the good work? [ zài jiē zài lì ]?
Join: to take on the battle; Li: to sharpen, extended to strive hard, to work hard. Refers to cocks fighting, and they grind their beaks before each fight. It is a metaphor to keep working hard and try harder.
Source
"Cockfighting Couplet" by Han Yu and Meng Jiao of the Tang Dynasty: "Once you spray, you will wake up; keep up your efforts."
5,
Unwilling to be female? [ bù gān cí fú ]?
Gan: willing, willing; female: the female bird lies there motionless, which is a metaphor for hiding and not making progress. It is a metaphor for not being willing to be in a position of doing nothing.
Source
Fan Ye of the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, "The Book of the Later Han·Zhao Dian Biography": "A man should be a male and fly, and he can be a female!"