得志

to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success

to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

aspiration / ambition / the will

sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote

lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom) / fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant

soured by the loss of one's hopes