百尺竿頭

to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]

pole

bamboo pole's uppermost tip / (fig.) acme

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]

suffix for nouns

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

lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do / to continue to further successes / not to rest on one's laurels