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得寸進尺
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CEDict 100318
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得
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進
尺
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得寸進尺
Simplified
得寸进尺
Pinyin
de2 cun4 jin4 chi3
English
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains
give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
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