一人得道,鸡犬升天 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 one; a, an; alone
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
得 dé obtain, get, gain, acquire
道 dào path, road, street; method, way
鸡 jī chicken
犬 quǎn dog; radical number 94
升 shēng arise, go up; hoist; advance
天 tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial