鸡犬升天 — Chinese idiom
鸡犬升天
jī quǎn shēng tiān
Traditional: 雞犬升天
Meaning
- (lit.) (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him
- (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|一人得道，鸡犬升天[yi1 ren2 de2 dao4 , ji1 quan3 sheng1 tian1])
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
- 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
- 问客杀鸡 wèn kè shā jī
- 嫁鸡随鸡 jià jī suí jī
- 小肚鸡肠 xiǎo dù jī cháng
- 指鸡骂狗 zhǐ jī mà gǒu
- 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
- 杀鸡儆猴 shā jī jǐng hóu
- 杀鸡取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn
- 牝鸡司晨 pìn jī sī chén
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