shì rú pò zhú

Traditional: 勢如破竹

势如破竹 (shì rú pò zhú) is a Chinese word meaning “like a hot knife through butter (idiom); with irresistible force”.

Meanings

  1. 1like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2with irresistible force

Characters in 势如破竹

势shì · power如rú · as破pò · broken竹zhú · (bound form) bamboo

Related words

如果if; in case; in the event that如何how如此like this; so; such如as比如for example; for instance; such as比如see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]破broken破坏destruction无论如何(idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means假如if姿势posture比如说for example

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