势如破竹 shìrúpòzhú with irresistible force Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 势如破竹 勢如破竹 shìrúpòzhú with irresistible force (idiom) like a hot knife through butter; describes a situation where one gains victory after victory or progresses with overwhelming momentum once a breakthrough is made Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.730 per million Cross-References Synonym 破竹之势 pòzhúzhīshì所向披靡 suǒxiàngpīmǐ破竹 pòzhú破竹建瓴 pòzhújiànlíngAntonym 节节败退 jiéjiébàituì节节失利 jiéjiéshīlì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
势如破竹 勢如破竹 shìrúpòzhú with irresistible force (idiom) like a hot knife through butter; describes a situation where one gains victory after victory or progresses with overwhelming momentum once a breakthrough is made Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.730 per million Cross-References Synonym 破竹之势 pòzhúzhīshì所向披靡 suǒxiàngpīmǐ破竹 pòzhú破竹建瓴 pòzhújiànlíngAntonym 节节败退 jiéjiébàituì节节失利 jiéjiéshīlì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
