竿頭

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

Characters and words in 竿頭

pole

竿 = + : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to enjoy his dried fruit (干) in front of the anthill (an1), but the ants try to enjoy his dried fruit as well. He has to climb to the top of a pole (竿) and fend off the ants with a bamboo stick (⺮) in order to save his dried fruit.
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]

= + : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.
suffix for nouns

Words with 竿頭

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

Sentences with 竿頭

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