却得寸进尺
“continues to press further.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而你们南赵
“Yet Nanzhao”
却 得寸进尺
“continues to press further.”
“Do you truly think Great Tang fears Nanzhao?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical Chinese statecraft rhetoric, tolerating minor concessions was viewed as virtue, but exceeding boundaries was condemned as treacherous overstepping.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
give an inch and take a mile; insatiably greedy
Use this classic four-character idiom to criticize someone who takes unfair advantage of leniency or compromises.