| 一人得道，鸡犬升天 |
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān |
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 得 |
dé |
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished |
| 得 |
dè |
used in 得瑟 |
| 得 |
de |
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 得 |
děi |
to have to / must / ought to / to need to |
| 得道 |
dé dào |
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal |
| 道 |
dào |
road; path (CL:条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 鸡 |
jī |
fowl / chicken / CL:只 / (slang) prostitute |
| 鸡犬升天 |
jī quǎn shēng tiān |
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，鸡犬升天) |
| 犬 |
quǎn |
dog / Kangxi radical 94 |
| 升 |
shēng |
to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗) |
| 升 |
shēng |
to ascend; to rise (variant of 升) / to promote; to elevate (variant of 升) |
| 升 |
shēng |
to ascend; to rise (variant of 升) / to promote; to elevate (variant of 升) |
| 升天 |
shēng tiān |
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |