竿头 (竿頭) gāntóu

gāntóu noun bamboo pole's uppermost tip
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Figuratively, acme (CC-CEDICT '竿頭')

Contained in

• 百尺竿头(百尺竿頭) to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
• 百尺竿头，更尽一步(百尺竿頭，更盡一步) hundred foot pole, progress still further; much accomplished, still some work to do; to continue to further successes

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• 卷十四　楚一 Chapter 14: Chu I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 1
• 卷一百四十八 志第一百〇一 儀衞六 Volume 148 Treatises 101: Ceremonial Guards 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 120 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 卷一百五十 志第一百〇三 輿服二 Volume 150 Treatises 103: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1