1 (completed action marker)

2 (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)

3 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1 today

2 at the present

3 now

1 day

2 sky

3 heaven

1 Heaven

2 Providence

3 God

4 the day before

5 the sky above

6 to fly to the sky

7 to take off and fly into space

8 to die

9 to pass away

1 to understand

2 to realize

3 to find out

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 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)

2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders

1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

1 obvious at a glance (idiom)