鸡犬俱升
jī​quǎn​jù​shēng

nepotism

  • created sense approved 鸡犬俱升/雞犬俱升 · jī​quǎn​jù​shēng · nepotism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸡犬俱升 / 雞犬俱升

    jī​quǎn​jù​shēng

    nepotism

    even the chickens and dogs rise to heaven; an idiom used to describe a situation where once a person reaches a position of high power, their family and associates also gain influence or status

    鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog 俱 (literal) → 俱 · jù · all 升 (literal) → 升 · shēng · to rise

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense