爬竿
pá gān
Pinyin
Definition
爬竿
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- pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act)
- climbing pole
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to crawl
- 2 to climb
- 3 to get up or sit up
- 1 to go through challenging experiences
- 2 to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
- 1 to climb up
- 1 to climb a mountain
- 2 to mountaineer
- 3 hiking
- 4 mountaineering
- 1 Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- 2 Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lián jiāng xiàn], Taiwan
Idioms (4)
爬山涉水
- 1 to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey
百尺竿头,更尽一步
- 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
- 2 to continue to further successes
- 3 not to rest on one's laurels
立竿见影
- 1 lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect
- 2 quick results
连滚带爬
- 1 rolling and crawling
- 2 trying frantically to escape (idiom)