1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
2 success at a stroke
3 to get results overnight
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
互为因果
hù wéi yīn guǒ
1 mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined
2 interdependent
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
2 fool's luck
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
前因后果
qián yīn hòu guǒ
1 cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得,一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
1 to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
3 between laughter and tears
因人成事
yīn rén chéng shì
1 to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
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