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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 一人得道,雞犬升天 [ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ; yi1 ren2 de2 dao4 , ji1 quan3 sheng1 tian1]
 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