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Simplfied Chinese
一人得道,鸡犬升天
Traditional Chinese
一人得道,雞犬升天
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
yī rén dé dào jī quǎn shēng tiān
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
yat1 yan4 dak1 dou6 , gai1 hyun2 sing1 tin1
Short definition fig. to ride on sb else's success
Usage frequency Very infrequent
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All available English definitions fig. to ride on sb else's successMDBG iconCantofish icon / lit. one man achieves the Dao, cock and dog fly heavenwards (idiom)Cantofish icon / lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)MDBG icon / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too.MDBG icon/
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Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: lit. one man achieves the Dao, cock and dog fly heavenwards (idiom); fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too.; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it.
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom); fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
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