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雞犬升天

简鸡犬升天 · 繁雞犬升天

Mandarin · pinyin 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，雞犬升天 yī rén dé dào, jī quǎn shēng tiān)

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gai1 hyun2 sing1 tin1

Cantonese word readings for 雞犬升天. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

gai1 hyun2 sing1 tin1

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(idiomatic) When a man gets to the top, all his friends and relations get there with him. / to ride on somebody else's success