雞犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. 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

雞 jī chickens; domestic fowl
犬 quǎn dog; radical number 94
升 shēng arise, go up; hoist; advance
天 tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial