一人得道，鸡犬升天
Definitions
- 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
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Child Words of 一人得道，鸡犬升天
one
person; people
to ascend
day
to obtain
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to have to
dog
road
fowl
lit. to ascend to heaven
to achieve the Dao
lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)