See 得寸進尺 on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "得寸进尺",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
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"1": "zh",
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"expansion": "得寸進尺",
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to gain an inch and advance a foot",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hokkien chengyu",
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{
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"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"kind": "other",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"to be extremely greedy; give them an inch and they'll take a mile"
],
"id": "en-得寸進尺-zh-phrase-kdtT9zri",
"links": [
[
"greedy",
"greedy"
],
[
"give them an inch and they'll take a mile",
"give them an inch and they'll take a mile"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "得一想二"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "軟塗深掘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "软涂深掘"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "décùnjìnchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "dak¹ cyun³ zeon³ cek³"
},
{
"zh-pron": "tek-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"zh-pron": "tit-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "décùnjìnchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "décùnjìnchǐh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tê²-tsʻun⁴-chin⁴-chʻih³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dé-tswùn-jìn-chř"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dertsuennjinnchyy"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "дэцуньцзиньчи"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dɛcunʹczinʹči"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɤ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dāk chyun jeun chek"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dak⁷ tsyn³ dzoen³ tsek⁸"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "deg¹ qun³ zên³ cég³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "tek-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tik-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "dekzhuoncienchioiq"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "tit-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tit-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "ditzhuoncienchioiq"
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tɤ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/"
}
],
"word": "得寸進尺"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "得寸进尺",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "得寸進尺",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to gain an inch and advance a foot",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 寸",
"Chinese terms spelled with 尺",
"Chinese terms spelled with 得",
"Chinese terms spelled with 進",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to be extremely greedy; give them an inch and they'll take a mile"
],
"links": [
[
"greedy",
"greedy"
],
[
"give them an inch and they'll take a mile",
"give them an inch and they'll take a mile"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "décùnjìnchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "dak¹ cyun³ zeon³ cek³"
},
{
"zh-pron": "tek-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"zh-pron": "tit-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "décùnjìnchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "décùnjìnchǐh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "tê²-tsʻun⁴-chin⁴-chʻih³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dé-tswùn-jìn-chř"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dertsuennjinnchyy"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "дэцуньцзиньчи"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dɛcunʹczinʹči"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɤ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dāk chyun jeun chek"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dak⁷ tsyn³ dzoen³ tsek⁸"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "deg¹ qun³ zên³ cég³"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "tek-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tik-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "dekzhuoncienchioiq"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "tit-chhùn-chìn-chhioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tit-tshùn-tsìn-tshioh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "ditzhuoncienchioiq"
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tɤ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰioʔ³²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "得一想二"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "軟塗深掘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "软涂深掘"
}
],
"word": "得寸進尺"
}
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