今天的中文成语 - 鸡犬升天 (All dogs go to Heaven)

For all you dog lovers out there who are mad at China for killing 50,000 plus dogs. The Chinese have an idiom just for you.

今天的中文成语

鸡犬升天 - jīquan3shēngtiān

犬 - quan3 - dog
升天 - shēngtiān - to go up to Heaven to be an immortal.

Literal Meaning: Even the fowls and dogs go to Heaven. A daoist legend goes that Liu An, Prince of huainan in the Han Dynasty "(206 B.C. - 220) became an immortal after taking a certain medicine. His chickens and dogs are the leftover medicine and went to Heaven too.

Metaphorical Meaning: When someone becomes a high-ranking official, all people related to him gain ascendance as well.

Example sentences:

这种荣妻贵, 父显子阔, 一人得道, 鸡犬升天的现象, 在封建社会里很普遍。
Zhèzhong3 róng qīguì, fùxian3zi3kuò, yī rén dédào, jīquan3shēngtiān de xiànxiàng, zài fēngjiàn shèhuì li3 hěn pu3biàn。

他受到了任何人都无法相比的思宠, 加官, 晋爵, 赐第, 赏金, 接踵而至, 其父封一等公, 其子封一等男爵, 家奴也被赏四品, 真可谓鸡犬升天。
Tā shòudào le rènhé rén dōu wúfa3 xiāngbi3 de sī chong3, jiāguān, jìnjué, cìdì, shang3jīn, jiēzhong3'érzhì, qí fù fēng yīděng gōng, qí zi3 fēng yīděng nánjué, jiānú yě bèi shang3sìpin3, zhēn kěwèi jīquan3shēngtiān。