一朝天子一朝臣
yī​cháo​tiān​zǐ​yī​cháo​chén

new chief brings new aides

  1. 一朝 yī​zhāo
    one day
    one day; once; some day suddenly in the future or past
  2. 天子 tiān​zǐ
    emperor
    the ruler of the empire, literally "son of heaven"; in ancient times, the emperor was believed to have been granted the right to rule by heaven
  3. 一朝 yī​zhāo
    one day
    one day; once; some day suddenly in the future or past
  4. 臣 chén
    subject
    A high official or a subject of a monarch in dynastic China