Chinese

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|- ! !set up; to stand !pole

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|- !trad. (立竿見影) | 立 | 竿 | 見 | 影 |- !simp. (立竿见影) | 立 | 竿 | 见 | 影 |- !Literally: “to set up a pole and see its shadow”. |}

Idiom

立竿見影

1. describes something that has immediate effect

   情況十分危急，我們需要一個立竿見影的解決方法。 [MSC, trad.]

   情况十分危急，我们需要一个立竿见影的解决方法。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qíngkuàng shífēn wēijí, wǒmen xūyào yī ge lìgānjiànyǐng de jiějué fāngfǎ. [Pinyin]

   The situation is very urgent; we need a solution with immediate effect.