Pronunciation: dê u zhá ng yá ng
Description: Strong fighting spirit. High spirits: high spirits
Source: Mao Zedong's introduction to a cooperative: "I have never seen people so high-spirited, high-spirited and uplifting."
Step 2 fight for strength
Pronunciation: dê u zhá ng yá ng
Explanation: Make up your mind and strive for progress. Generally, it is the same as "striving for the upper reaches".
Source: People's Daily 1959.9.3: "Hard work and self-reliance play an extremely important role in changing the poverty and backwardness of backward teams." The word "strive for strength" is misspelled, but now many newspapers have this way of writing, which is contrary to the original idiom. The confusing word should be "strive for strength", and the anger of "strive for strength" is "anger" rather than "energy".
It's just that many people follow the trend when using traditional idioms, but they change their taste over time. Just as "empathy" is now abused by the media including CCTV. If you want to explore the original meaning and source of idioms in a shallow level, you can refer to the fifth edition of Modern Chinese Dictionary.
Step 3 keep improving
Pronunciation: j and ng y and qi ú j and ng
Explanation: essence: perfection; Benefits: more; Seeking: pursuing. Things have been excellent, but they need to be more perfect. If they are good, they need to be better.
Source: The Analects of Confucius in Pre-Qin Dynasty
4. Stupid birds fly first
Pronunciation: bèn niǎo xiān fēi ā n f ē i ā n f ē i.
Explanation: The slow bird moves first. Metaphor is a person who works slowly and has poor ability. If they are afraid of falling behind, they will be one step ahead of others, which is usually a courtesy.
Source: Yuan Guan Hanqing's "Mother Chen's godson" is the first discount: "Second brother, you got an official. Let me make an analogy with you: I am like a ghost bird behind me, you stupid bird fly first. "
5. Smell the chicken dancing
Pronunciation: w incarnation
Explanation: The original meaning of smelling the chicken dancing is to get up and dance the sword when the chicken crows. Later, people who are interested in serving their country get up at once.
Source: Biography of Zu Ti in the Book of Jin and History as a Mirror.