市尺
shì chǐ
Pinyin
Definition
市尺
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- chi (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ meter)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (12)
偶语弃市
- 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
- 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
咫尺天涯
- 1 so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
垂涎三尺
- 1 to drool (over) (idiom)
- 2 to yearn for
- 3 to covet
- 4 to crave
得寸进尺
- 1 lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains
- 2 give him an inch, and he'll want a mile