一人得道，鸡犬升天 (一人得道，雞犬升天)
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
Pinyin

Definition

一人得道，鸡犬升天 (一人得道，雞犬升天)
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yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一定
yī dìng
  1. 1 surely
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 necessarily
  4. 4 fixed
  5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6 given
  7. 7 particular
  8. 8 must
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一直
yī zhí
  1. 1 straight (in a straight line)
  2. 2 continuously
  3. 3 always
  4. 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
  5. 5 all along

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

一个人成功，所有人都会得到好处。所以我们说：“一人得道，鸡犬升天。”
yīgè rén chénggōng ，suǒyǒu rén dōu huì dédào hǎochu 。suǒyǐ wǒmen shuō ：“yīréndédào,jīquǎnshēngtiān 。”
If someone succeeds, then everybody around him can gain from his success. That's why we say:“ Everybody can gain from one person's success.”
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