立竿见影 (立竿見影)
lì gān jiàn yǐng
Pinyin

Definition

立竿见影 (立竿見影)
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lì gān jiàn yǐng
  1. lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect
  2. quick results

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yǐng xiǎng
  1. 1 influence
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 to influence
  4. 4 to affect (usually adversely)
  5. 5 to disturb
  6. 6 classifier: 股 gǔ
yǐng xiǎng lì
  1. 1 influence
  2. 2 impact
shè yǐng
  1. 1 to take a photograph
  2. 2 photography
  3. 3 to shoot (a movie)
dú lì
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 independence
  3. 3 to stand alone
lì kè
  1. 1 forthwith
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 prompt
  4. 4 promptly
  5. 5 straightway
  6. 6 thereupon
  7. 7 at once

Idioms (20)

三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
来无影,去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
  2. 2 incompatible standpoints
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too