"Cronies" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 三朋四友 | sān péng sì yǒu | friends / cronies |  |
| 鸡犬升天 | jī quǎn shēng tiān | 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 |  |
| 一人得道，鸡犬升天 | yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān | 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 | |
