1 see also: 上声 shǎng shēng

1 to go to work

2 to be on duty

3 to start work

4 to go to the office

1 to obtain

2 to get

3 to gain

4 to catch (a disease)

5 proper

6 suitable

7 proud

8 contented

9 to allow

10 to permit

11 ready

12 finished

1 to get

2 to obtain

3 to receive

1 early morning

2 classifier: 个 gè

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 make a terrible scene (idiom)

2 to throw a tantrum

1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)

2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse

3 people who will sink or swim together

1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone

1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done

2 success at a stroke

3 to get results overnight