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- a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
Trad. 標竿
- benchmark
- pole serving as mark or symbol
- pole with a trophy hung on it
- Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan
- Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands
- Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 北竿鄉
- Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Trad. 南竿鄉
- Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Trad. 撐竿跳高
- pole vault
- also written 撐桿跳高|撑杆跳高
Trad. 立竿見影
- lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom)
- fig. to get instant results
Trad. 百尺竿頭
- to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
Trad. 八竿子打不著
- (coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
Trad. 百尺竿頭，更進一步
- lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom)
- fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better