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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

HSK 11

含义one; a, an; alone

拼音yī

人

HSK 11

含义man; people; mankind; someone else

拼音rén

得

HSK 11

含义obtain, get, gain, acquire

拼音dé

道

HSK 11

含义path, road, street; method, way

拼音dào

鸡

HSK 1

含义chicken

拼音jī

犬

HSK 7-9

含义dog; radical number 94

拼音quǎn

升

HSK 31

含义arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭

拼音shēng

天

HSK 14

含义sky, heaven; god, celestial

拼音tiān