| 破竹之势 |
pò zhú zhī shì |
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force |
| 破 |
pò |
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of |
| 竹 |
zhú |
bamboo / CL:棵,支,根 / Kangxi radical 118 |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 势 |
shì |
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals |