骑鹤上扬州

騎鶴上揚州
qíhèshàng Yángzhōu
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 骑鹤 qíhè to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
2 上扬 shàngyáng (of prices etc) to rise
3 州 zhōu
  1. prefecture
  2. (old) province
  3. (old) administrative division
  4. state (e.g. of US)
  5. oblast (Russia)
  6. canton (Switzerland)