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竿头

gān tóu

2-character word Traditional 竿頭

What 竿头 means

1. bamboo pole's uppermost tip
2. (fig.) acme

The characters in 竿头

• 竿gān(bound form) pole; rod
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words containing 竿头

• 百尺竿头bǎi chǐ gān tóuto be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
• 百尺竿头，更进一步bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bùlit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)…