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鸡犬升天

jī quǎn shēng tiān

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3. Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4. Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it