百尺竿头，更尽一步 in English bai3 chi3 gan1 tou2 , geng4 jin4 yi1 bu4 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiomatic expression); metaphorically much accomplished, still some work to do
• to continue to further successes
• not to rest on one's laurels

Pinyin

bai3 chi3 gan1 tou2 , geng4 jin4 yi1 bu4

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 ， 更geng4to change or replace 尽jin3to the greatest extent 一yi1one 步bu4surname Bu