lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom); fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
trad. 百尺竿頭，更進一步
Also written 百尺竿頭，更進一步【bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù】
Characters in this word
8百
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surname Bai
- Pinyin
- Bǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 14161 of 2500
尺
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one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
- Pinyin
- chě
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 4316 of 2500
竿
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(bound form) pole; rod
- Pinyin
- gān
- Strokes
- 9
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
更
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to change or replace, to experience, one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided, watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- Pinyin
- gēng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 172 of 2500
进
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to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit, (math.) base of a number system, classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- Pinyin
- jìn
- Traditional
- 進
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 680 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
步
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surname Bu
- Pinyin
- Bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9678 of 2500