得寸进尺 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 得寸進尺 décùnjìnchǐ ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom) fig. not satisfied with small gains give him an inch, and he'll want a mile Character by character 得(dé)get 寸(cùn)a unit of length 进(jìn)go forward 尺(chǐ)a Chinese foot A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0