勢如破竹

like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force

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

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