竿头
gān tóu
Pinyin

Definition

竿头
 - 
gān tóu
  1. bamboo pole's uppermost tip
  2. (fig.) acme

Related Words (9)

立竿见影
lì gān jiàn yǐng
  1. 1 lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect
  2. 2 quick results
竿子
gān zi
  1. 1 bamboo pole
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],個|个[gè]
标竿
biāo gān
  1. 1 benchmark
  2. 2 pole serving as mark or symbol
  3. 3 pole with a trophy hung on it
百尺竿头
bǎi chǐ gān tóu
  1. 1 to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
竿
gān
  1. 1 pole
竿头
gān tóu
  1. 1 bamboo pole's uppermost tip
  2. 2 (fig.) acme
钓竿
diào gān
  1. 1 fishing rod
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
鱼竿
yú gān
  1. 1 fishing rod
北竿
Běi gān
  1. 1 Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
  2. 2 Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lián jiāng xiàn], Taiwan

Idioms (2)

百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
  1. 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
  2. 2 to continue to further successes
  3. 3 not to rest on one's laurels
立竿见影
lì gān jiàn yǐng
  1. 1 lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect
  2. 2 quick results

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