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 !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 |}

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: dé cùn jìn chǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: der tsuenn jinn chyy
      • IPA (key): /tɤ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-chhùn-chìn-chhioh / tit-chhùn-chìn-chhioh
      • Tâi-lô: tik-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh / tit-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh
      • Phofsit Daibuun: dekzhuoncienchioiq, ditzhuoncienchioiq
      • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰioʔ³²/, /tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰioʔ³²/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰioʔ⁵/, /tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰioʔ⁵/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰioʔ³²/, /tit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰioʔ³²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰioʔ³²/, /tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰioʔ³²/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiɤʔ³²/, /tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiɤʔ³²/

Idiom

得寸進尺

  1. "Gain an inch and ask for a yard"; to be extremely greedy.
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