一人得道，鸡犬升天
Traditional form:
一人得道，雞犬升天
Pinyin (reading):
yīrén-dédào,jīquǎn-shēngtiān
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 人 - man, person; people
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 道 - method, way; path, road
- 鸡 - chicken
- 犬 - dog
- 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
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