百尺竿头 in English bai3 chi3 gan1 tou2 Meaning

Meanings

• to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)

Pinyin

bai3 chi3 gan1 tou2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

百bai3surname Bai 尺chi3one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3] 竿gan1pole 头tou2head