升迁 (升遷)
shēng qiān
Pinyin

Definition

升迁 (升遷)
 - 
shēng qiān
  1. promote
  2. promotion

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

升
shēng
  1. 1 to ascend
  2. 2 to rise to the rank of
  3. 3 to promote
  4. 4 to hoist
  5. 5 liter
  6. 6 measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dǒu]
升级
shēng jí
  1. 1 to escalate (in intensity)
  2. 2 to go up by one grade
  3. 3 to be promoted
  4. 4 to upgrade (computing)
升职
shēng zhí
  1. 1 to get promoted (at work etc)
  2. 2 promotion
提升
tí shēng
  1. 1 to promote
  2. 2 to upgrade
上升
shàng shēng
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to go up
  3. 3 to ascend

Idioms (7)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
  1. 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)

Sample Sentences

今年是“猴年”，除了新年快乐，还可以祝别人“马上封侯”，意思是很快就因为工作成绩好而得到升迁。
jīnnián shì “hóu nián ”，chúle xīnnián kuàilè ，hái kěyǐ zhù biérén “mǎshàng fēng hóu ”，yìsi shì hěnkuài jiù yīnwèi gōngzuò chéngjì hǎo ér dédào shēngqiān 。
This year is the year of the monkey. Apart from wishing someone 'Happy New Year', you can also wish them 'ma shang feng hou'. This means that you can get a promotion very soon because of good performance at work.
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