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Jyutping
gai1 hyun2 sing1 tin1
Pinyin
jī quǎn shēng tiān
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. 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
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
When a man gets to the top, all his friends and relations get there with him. / to ride on somebody else's success