1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]

1 to ascend

2 to rise to the rank of

3 to promote

4 to hoist

5 liter

6 measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dǒu]

1 to escalate (in intensity)

2 to go up by one grade

3 to be promoted

4 to upgrade (computing)

1 to get promoted (at work etc)

2 promotion

1 four

2 4

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

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved

2 many twists and turns to a story

3 one thing after another

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

2 fig. to be impartial

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)