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jìn

HSK 1 · word 179 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

得寸进尺。

dé cùn jìn chǐ

Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.

The character 进

has , the walking radical, so it is motion inwards: 进来, 进去, 进入, 走进. Going in becomes going forward — 进步 progress, 改进 to improve, 进行 to carry on with something.

Words containing 进

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