得寸进尺 décùnjìnchǐ insatiable Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 得寸进尺 得寸進尺 décùnjìnchǐ insatiable (idiom) Lit. to win an inch and want a foot; used to describe someone who is never satisfied with small gains and always wants more; "give him an inch, and he'll want a mile" Frequency Movie subtitles 1.61 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.779 per million Cross-References Same as 得寸入尺 décùnrùchǐ得寸思尺 décùnsīchǐSynonym 得陇望蜀 délǒngwàngshǔ贪得无厌 tāndéwúyàn舐糠及米 shìkāngjímǐAntonym 知足不辱 zhīzúbùrǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
得寸进尺 得寸進尺 décùnjìnchǐ insatiable (idiom) Lit. to win an inch and want a foot; used to describe someone who is never satisfied with small gains and always wants more; "give him an inch, and he'll want a mile" Frequency Movie subtitles 1.61 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.779 per million Cross-References Same as 得寸入尺 décùnrùchǐ得寸思尺 décùnsīchǐSynonym 得陇望蜀 délǒngwàngshǔ贪得无厌 tāndéwúyàn舐糠及米 shìkāngjímǐAntonym 知足不辱 zhīzúbùrǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
