爬竿
pá gān
Pinyin

Definition

爬竿
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pá gān
  1. pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act)
  2. climbing pole

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

爬
pá
  1. 1 to crawl
  2. 2 to climb
  3. 3 to get up or sit up
摸爬滚打
mō pá gǔn dǎ
  1. 1 to go through challenging experiences
  2. 2 to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
爬上
pá shàng
  1. 1 to climb up
爬山
pá shān
  1. 1 to climb a mountain
  2. 2 to mountaineer
  3. 3 hiking
  4. 4 mountaineering
北竿
Běi gān
  1. 1 Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
  2. 2 Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lián jiāng xiàn], Taiwan
吃里爬外
chī lǐ pá wài
  1. 1 to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
  2. 2 to double-cross one's employer
  3. 3 to bite the hand that feeds you
攀爬
pān pá
  1. 1 to climb
标竿
biāo gān
  1. 1 benchmark
  2. 2 pole serving as mark or symbol
  3. 3 pole with a trophy hung on it
爬升
pá shēng
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to ascend
  3. 3 to climb (airplane etc)
  4. 4 to go up (sales figures etc)
  5. 5 to gain promotion
爬山虎
pá shān hǔ
  1. 1 Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
爬格子
pá gé zi
  1. 1 (oral) to write (esp. for a living)
  2. 2 to spell out laboriously on squared paper
爬泳
pá yǒng
  1. 1 crawl (swimming stroke)
爬墙
pá qiáng
  1. 1 to climb a wall
  2. 2 (fig.) to be unfaithful
爬犁
pá lí
  1. 1 sledge
爬虫
pá chóng
  1. 1 reptile
  2. 2 (Internet) web crawler
爬行
pá xíng
  1. 1 to crawl
  2. 2 to creep
爬行类
pá xíng lèi
  1. 1 reptiles
  2. 2 also written 爬行動物|爬行动物
百尺竿头
bǎi chǐ gān tóu
  1. 1 to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
立竿见影
lì gān jiàn yǐng
  1. 1 lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect
  2. 2 quick results
竿
gān
  1. 1 pole

Idioms (4)

爬山涉水
pá shān shè shuǐ
  1. 1 to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey
百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
  1. 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
  2. 2 to continue to further successes
  3. 3 not to rest on one's laurels
立竿见影
lì gān jiàn yǐng
  1. 1 lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect
  2. 2 quick results
连滚带爬
lián gǔn dài pá
  1. 1 rolling and crawling
  2. 2 trying frantically to escape (idiom)

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