- 一(one; chief)ASSOCIATIVE
- 白(white; bright; clear)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hundred is the leading number, shining brightly like pure white light.
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百尺竿头，更进一步
百尺竿头，更进一步
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
- ，。
When you have reached a hundred-foot pole, you must still strive to advance one step further.
- 貳副adverb
fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
- ，，。
Even though we have reached great heights of success, we cannot become arrogant and must strive even further.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 尸(body lying down; prone body)RADICAL
- 乚(hook; curve)ASSOCIATIVE
A ruler is imagined as a person lying straight with curved fingers marking the length.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(large; big)RADICAL
- ⺀(two dots indicating hair; top of head)ASSOCIATIVE
The head is the largest and most prominent part on the human body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 曰(speak; write)RADICAL
- 一(one; once more)ASSOCIATIVE
- 乂(cut off; edit)ASSOCIATIVE
Modifying old speech one more time is "change."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 止(foot (pictographic))RADICAL
- 止(second foot below)ASSOCIATIVE
A step is two feet, one above the other, following each other moving forward.
百尺竿头，更进一步
Traditional百尺竿頭，更進一步
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹副adverb
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
- ，。
When you have reached a hundred-foot pole, you must still strive to advance one step further.
- 貳副adverb
fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
- ，，。
Even though we have reached great heights of success, we cannot become arrogant and must strive even further.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; chief)ASSOCIATIVE
- 白(white; bright; clear)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hundred is the leading number, shining brightly like pure white light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 尸(body lying down; prone body)RADICAL
- 乚(hook; curve)ASSOCIATIVE
A ruler is imagined as a person lying straight with curved fingers marking the length.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 大(large; big)RADICAL
- ⺀(two dots indicating hair; top of head)ASSOCIATIVE
The head is the largest and most prominent part on the human body.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 曰(speak; write)RADICAL
- 一(one; once more)ASSOCIATIVE
- 乂(cut off; edit)ASSOCIATIVE
Modifying old speech one more time is "change."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 止(foot (pictographic))RADICAL
- 止(second foot below)ASSOCIATIVE
A step is two feet, one above the other, following each other moving forward.
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