Read Edit View history 得寸进尺 décùnjìnchǐ insatiable Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 得寸进尺 (得寸進尺) décùnjìnchǐ insatiable idiom To not be satisfied with small gains and continuously demand more; to take advantage of someone's concession or kindness. 对他这种得寸进尺的人，你绝对不能让步。 duì tā zhè zhǒng décùnjìnchǐ de rén, nǐ juéduì bù néng ràngbù. You must never give in to someone like him who always takes an inch and wants a mile. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.61 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.779 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
得寸进尺 (得寸進尺) décùnjìnchǐ insatiable idiom To not be satisfied with small gains and continuously demand more; to take advantage of someone's concession or kindness. 对他这种得寸进尺的人，你绝对不能让步。 duì tā zhè zhǒng décùnjìnchǐ de rén, nǐ juéduì bù néng ràngbù. You must never give in to someone like him who always takes an inch and wants a mile. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.61 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.779 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)