立竿见影 — Chinese idiom
立竿见影
lì gān jiàn yǐng
Traditional: 立竿見影
Meaning
- (lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow
- (fig.) to get instant results
Character by character
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 竿gānbamboo pole; penis
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 影yǐngshadow; image, reflection; photograph
Idioms sharing a character
- 三足鼎立 sān zú dǐng lì
- 亭亭玉立 tíng tíng yù lì
- 势不两立 shì bù liǎng lì
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān
- 坐立难安 zuò lì nán ān
- 壁立千仞 bì lì qiān rèn
- 大破大立 dà pò dà lì
- 安家立业 ān jiā lì yè
- 安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng
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