得寸进尺

dé cùn jìn chǐ

लॉग इन करें इस शब्द को आपकी अध्ययन सूचियों में सहेजने के लिए।

परिभाषाएँ

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

得寸进尺 के घटक शब्द

寸
cùn

a unit of length

尺
chě

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]

尺
chǐ

a Chinese foot

得
dé

to obtain

得
de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

得
děi

to have to

进
jìn

to go forward