[尺, chǐ, ㄔˇ]a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; a musical note on the traditional Chinese scale; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine#5168[Add to Longdo]
[得寸进尺 / 得寸進尺, dé cùn jìn chǐ, ㄉㄜˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄔˇ]lit. win an inch, want a foot; fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile#42538[Add to Longdo]
[冰冻三尺,非一日之寒 / 冰凍三尺,非一日之寒, bīng dòng sān chǐ, fēi yī rì zhī hán, ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ, ㄈㄟ ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄏㄢˊ]three feet of ice does not form in a single day (成语 saw); Rome wasn't built in a day[Add to Longdo]
[合四乙尺工, hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng, ㄏㄜˊ ㄙˋ ㄧˇ ㄔˇ ㄍㄨㄥ]names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la[Add to Longdo]
[百尺竿头,更尽一步 / 百尺竿頭,更盡一步, bǎi chǐ gān tóu, gèng jìn yī bù, ㄅㄞˇ ㄔˇ ㄍㄢ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄍㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ]lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (成语 saw); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do; to continue to further successes; not to rest on one's laurels[Add to Longdo]
[道高一尺,魔高一丈, dào gāo yī chǐ, mó gāo yī zhàng, ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄔˇ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄓㄤˋ]virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (成语 saw); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.[Add to Longdo]
[魔高一丈,道高一尺, mó gāo yī zhàng, dào gāo yī chǐ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄓㄤˋ, ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄠ ㄧ ㄔˇ]the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (成语 saw); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.[Add to Longdo]
[さんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまず, sanjakusagatteshinokagewofumazu](exp) (See 三尺去って師の影を踏まず) a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)[Add to Longdo]