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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 势 | shì | - power - influence - potential - momentum - tendency - trend - situation - conditions - outward appearance - sign - gesture - male genitals |
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 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[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 |