势如破竹 — Chinese idiom
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
Traditional: 勢如破竹
Meaning
- like a hot knife through butter
- with irresistible force
Character by character
- 势shìpower, force; tendency, attitude
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 竹zhúbamboo; flute
Idioms sharing a character
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 仗势欺人 zhàng shì qī rén
- 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
- 势不两立 shì bù liǎng lì
- 势不可当 shì bù kě dāng
- 势单力薄 shì dān lì bó
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势在必行 shì zài bì xíng
- 势均力敌 shì jūn lì dí
- 势成骑虎 shì chéng qí hǔ
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