百尺竿头，更进一步

bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù

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1. lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
2. fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better

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Child Words of 百尺竿头，更进一步

• 一 一 yī: one
• 尺 尺 chě: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]
• 尺 尺 chǐ: a Chinese foot
• 更 更 gēng: to change or replace
• 更 更 gèng: more
• 步 步 bù: a step
• 百 百 bǎi: hundred
• 进 进 jìn: to go forward
• 进一步 进一步 jìn yī bù: to go a step further
• 头 头 tóu: head
• 百尺竿头 百尺竿头 bǎi chǐ gān tóu: to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
• 竿 竿 gān: pole
• 竿头 竿头 gān tóu: bamboo pole's uppermost tip