一人得道，雞犬升天 yī rén dé dào ， jī quǎn shēng tiān

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

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
得 dé
HSK 2
obtain, get, gain, acquire
道 dào
HSK 2
path, road, street; method, way
雞 jī chickens; domestic fowl
犬 quǎn
HSK 6
dog; radical number 94
升 shēng
HSK 5
arise, go up; hoist; advance
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial