破竹之勢

lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

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

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals