鸡犬升天

lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

Characters and words in 鸡犬升天

fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute

= + : Maud Younger (y) is going between a boxing (又) fight between a turkey (鸟) and a chicken (鸡) in front of the space station (Ø1).
dog / Kangxi radical 94

= + : Cupid wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog in the anthill and throws a petal leaf over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot happily leaps after the petal leaf.

= + : Looks like a Saint Bernard dog with only one eye.
to ascend / to rise to the rank of / to promote / to hoist / liter / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 升降机, shēng jiàng jī, a scissor lift.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is working on an undercover job in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He is disguised as worker on a scissor lift (升), picking up bananas (丿) from engine's stones. He is always ready to strike and keeps his handcuffs (廾) ready at all times.
variant of 升[sheng1]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 升降机, shēng jiàng jī, a scissor lift.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is working on an undercover job in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He is disguised as worker on a scissor lift (升), picking up bananas (丿) from engine's stones. He is always ready to strike and keeps his handcuffs (廾) ready at all times.
variant of 升[sheng1]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 升降机, shēng jiàng jī, a scissor lift.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is working on an undercover job in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He is disguised as worker on a scissor lift (升), picking up bananas (丿) from engine's stones. He is always ready to strike and keeps his handcuffs (廾) ready at all times.
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
day / sky / heaven

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.

Words with 鸡犬升天

lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

Sentences with 鸡犬升天

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