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Let’s dive into the idiom 「雞鳴起舞」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Refers to the heroic spirit of having lofty ambitions and making progress in time.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jī míng qǐ wǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gai1 ming4 hei2 mou5

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