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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 势如破竹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú - like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
- with irresistible force

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 43,313 43,981 50,482

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- power
- influence
- potential
- momentum
- tendency
- trend
- situation
- conditions
- outward appearance
- sign
- gesture
- male genitals
- as
- as if
- such as
- 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
zhú- bamboo
- CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]
- Kangxi radical 118

Other Words Containing 势如破竹

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
势如破竹 - - 43,313 43,981 50,482