百尺竿头，更进一步
bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu​gèng​jìn​yī​bù

to keep striving after success

  • created sense approved 百尺竿头，更进一步/百尺竿頭，更進一步 · bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu​gèng​jìn​yī​bù · to make even further progress — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百尺竿头，更进一步 / 百尺竿頭，更進一步

    bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu​gèng​jìn​yī​bù

    to make even further progress

    to make still further progress even after one has already reached a high level of achievement; literally to take another step forward from the top of a hundred-foot pole

    百尺竿头 (literal) → 百尺竿头/百尺竿頭 · bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu · the highest level ， (non_chinese) 更 (literal) → 更 · gèng · even more 进一步 (literal) → 进一步/進一步 · jìn​yí​bù · go a step further

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 百尺竿头，更进一步/百尺竿頭，更進一步 · bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu​gèng​jìn​yī​bù · to keep striving after success — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百尺竿头，更进一步 / 百尺竿頭，更進一步

    bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu​gèng​jìn​yī​bù

    to keep striving after success

    to keep working hard and make even more progress after achieving a high level of success; literally "after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should take one more step forward"

    bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu​gèng​jìn​yí​bù

    百尺竿头 (literal) → 百尺竿头/百尺竿頭 · bǎi​chǐ​gān​tóu · the highest level ， (non_chinese) 更 (literal) → 更 · gèng · even more 进一步 (literal) → 进一步/進一步 · jìn​yí​bù · go a step further

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense