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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 鸡犬升天
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡犬升天 | jī quǎn - shēng tiān | - lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) - fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit - (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，雞犬升天|一人得道，鸡犬升天[yi1ren2-de2dao4, ji1quan3-sheng1tian1]) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 70,658 | 76,239 | 53,862 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡 | jī | - fowl - chicken - CL:隻|只[zhi1] - (slang) prostitute |
| 犬 | quǎn | - dog - Kangxi radical 94 |
| 升 | shēng | - to ascend; to rise - to promote; to elevate - liter - unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]) |
| 升 | shēng | - to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]) - to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1]) |
| 升 | shēng | - to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]) - to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1]) |
| 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
Other Words Containing 鸡犬升天
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鸡犬升天 | - | - | 70,658 | 76,239 | 53,862 |