得寸进尺

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

Characters and words in 得寸进尺

得
dé = d + e2
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
得 = 㝵 + 彳 : Don Quixote found a magic lamp and rubs it inside the elevator's kitchen. A genie appears and grants Don Quixote his wish for black sneakers. Unfortunately they are second hand and so smelly that Don Quixote instantly catches a disease.
得
de = d + e5
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
得 = 㝵 + 彳 : Because Don Quixote is so disappointed by the black sneakers he got from the genie from the magic lamp, he kicks both very mad from the rooftop of the elevator.
得
děi = d + ei3
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
得 = 㝵 + 彳 : Because Don Quixote kicked the genie's lamp from the rooftop of the Erechtheion as far as to inside of the Eiffel Tower, the genie demands Don Quixote to apologize. Inside of the Eiffel Tower, Don Quixote kowtows to the genie, who takes back the black sneakers he gave to Don Quixote earlier.
寸
cùn = cu + (e)n4
a unit of length / inch / thumb
寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".
进
進
jìn = ji + (e)n4
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
进 = 井 + 辶 : Joan of Arc fell into a well after she entered the encampment's bathroom, but luckily one of her gladiator sandals got stuck on one toilet, so now she can use the string to climb out of the well.
尺
chě = ch + e3
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
尺
chǐ = ch + Ø3
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
尺 = ㇏ + 尸 : Charlie Chaplin and a ghost found a big finger in the space station. They measure it using a tape-measure.

Words with 得寸进尺

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