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