破竹之势 pò zhú zhī shì

an unstoppable advance; sweeping victory

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force

Characters

Character Meaning
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged
竹 zhú HSK 5
bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
势 shì HSK 5
trend; momentum; situation