1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
2 success at a stroke
3 to get results overnight
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
1 Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得,一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
1 erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
博而不精
bó ér bù jīng
1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything
2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
博识洽闻
bó shí qià wén
1 knowledgeable
2 erudite (idiom)
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
1 to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)