- 八竿子打不着 bāgānzidǎbùzháo completely unrelatedDescribes things or people that have no connection or are extremely remote; literally meaning that one cannot be reached even with an eight-foot pole.
- 一竿子插到底 yīgānzichādàodǐ to see something throughTo see something through to the very end; to complete a task in one go.
- 一竿子打翻一条船 yīgānzidǎfānyītiáochuán to judge everyone by the same brush(proverb) to overgeneralize or condemn an entire group based on the actions of a few; to dismiss something entirely based on a single piece of evidence
- 一竿子打翻一船人 yīgānzidǎfānyīchuánrén to paint everyone with the same brushTo criticize or reject an entire group of people based on a single negative trait or personal opinion; to make an unfair generalization.