Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「得尺得寸」, explained here.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「得尺得寸」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Get: obtain, gain. It means getting tangible benefits, getting as much as you can.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dé chǐ dé cùn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dak1 chek3 dak1 chyun3
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