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鸡犬升天

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)
fowl / chicken / CL: / (slang) prostitute
  quǎn dog / Kangxi radical 94
   shēng to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou )
   shēng to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
   shēng to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
   shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
    tiān day / sky / heaven
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