一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
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1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
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2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
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3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
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4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
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1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
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2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
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1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
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1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
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1 to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
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1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
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2 to study diligently
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3 to burn the candle at both ends
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
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1 to stay out all night (idiom)
夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù
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1 lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
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1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
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1 in the dead of night (idiom)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
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1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
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1 lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
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2 fig. foolish conceit
夜阑人静
yè lán rén jìng
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1 the still of the night (idiom)
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2 late at night
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
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1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
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1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
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1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
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2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
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1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
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1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
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2 to burn the midnight oil
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
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1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)