dé cùn jìn chǐ

Traditional: 得寸進尺

得寸进尺 (dé cùn jìn chǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains
  2. 2give him an inch, and he'll want a mile

Characters in 得寸进尺

得dé · to obtain寸cùn · a unit of length进jìn · to go forward尺chě · one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

Related words

得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...进to go forward记得to remember得到to get; to obtain; to receive进来to come in进去to go in进行(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway进入to enter

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