得寸进尺 in English de2 cun4 jin4 chi3 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) win an inch, want a foot (idiomatic expression); metaphorically not satisfied with small gains
• give him an inch, and he'll want a mile

Pinyin

de2 cun4 jin4 chi3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

得de2to obtain 寸cun4a unit of length 进jin4to go forward 尺chi3one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]