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得寸進尺
得寸進尺
See also: 得寸进尺
Chinese
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get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
!a unit of length; inch; thumb !advance; enter; to come in
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a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a meter; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale
|- !trad. (得寸進尺) | 得 | 寸 | 進 | 尺 |- !simp. (得寸进尺) | 得 | 寸 | 进 | 尺 |}
Idiom
得寸進尺
- "Gain an inch and ask for a yard"; to be extremely greedy.